藐

藐

藐 U+85D0, 藐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D0 ← 藏 [U+85CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 藑 → [U+85D1]

Translingual

Han character

藐 (radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月竹山 (TBHU) or X廿月竹山 (XTBHU), four-corner 4421₆, composition ⿱艹貌)

1. to ignore, to slight, to disregard
2. to contemn, to disdain

Synonyms

• (ignore): 蔑
• (contemn): 鄙

Antonyms

• 尊
• 重

References

• KangXi: page 1064, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3314, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85D0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		藐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
貌	*mreːwɢs
皃	*mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ
藐	*mawʔ, *mraːwɢ
邈	*mraːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵, mok⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): biáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: miǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: miao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁵, mok⁶
    • Yale: míuh, mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵, mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵, mog⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/, /mɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
    • Tâi-lô: biáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biaʊ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /miᴇu^X/, /mˠʌk̚/▼

Rime
Character	藐	藐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	亡沼切	莫角切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇuX/	/mˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛuX/	/mᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæuX/	/mɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miawX/	/maɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/miɛuX/	/mɔk̚/
Wang Li	/mĭɛuX/	/mɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛuX/	/mɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo	mò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mawʔ/, /*mraːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藐	藐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8934	8936
Phonetic component	皃	皃
Rime group	宵	藥
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	眇	邈
Old Chinese	/*mawʔ/	/*mraːwɢ/

Definitions

藐

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Compounds

藐不可測／藐不可测 藐姑射 藐小

藐法 藐然

藐藐 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì)

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Japanese

Kanji

藐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まく (maku); みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ばく (baku); びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
• Kun: さげすむ (sagesumu, 藐む); ないがしろ (naigashiro); かろんじる (karonjiru, 藐んじる); なみする (namisuru, 藐する); とおい (tōi, 藐い)

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Korean

Hanja

藐 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藐 (miểu, diểu)

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