Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming
Kun:
たえ
On:
ミョウビョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 妙 【ミョウ】 strange, weird, odd, curious, wonder, mystery, miracle, excellence, cleverness, adroitness, knack, skill
  • 妙案 【ミョウアン】 ingenious idea, excellent plan, bright idea
  • 絶妙 【ゼツミョウ】 exquisite, superb, perfect, miraculous
  • 軽妙 【ケイミョウ】 light and easy, lambent, clever, witty, smart
  • 神妙 【シンミョウ】 meek, quiet, docile, humble, faithful, obedient, mysterious, marvelous, marvellous

Kun reading compounds

  • 妙なる 【たえなる】 exquisite (e.g. melody), melodious, delicate, enchanting
  • 妙なる調べ 【たえなるしらべ】 enchanting melody, sweet tune
  • 白妙 【しろたえ】 white cloth, white

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miao4
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • exquisito
  • encantador
  • admirable
  • extraño
  • raro
  • misterioso
  • joven

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • seleto
  • afeminado
  • mistério
  • milagre
  • charmoso
  • delicado
  • excelente

French

  • bizarre
  • surprenant
  • mystère
  • merveilleux
  • excellent
  • exquis
  • délicat
  • charmant
1841 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1045 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1321 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1188 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
614 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1154 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1209 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1150 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
437 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
280 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
176 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
210 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
124 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6090 Morohashi
239 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1191 New Nelson (John Haig)
123 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
130 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1114 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1760 2001 Kanji
3e4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4942.0 Four corner code
1-44-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5999 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
truth, clarity, abandon, give up
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2457 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 諦観 【テイカン】 clear insight, resignation (to one's fate), acceptance
  • 諦念 【テイネン】 understanding and acceptance, spiritual awakening, a heart that understands truth, (feeling of) resignation
  • 妙諦 【ミョウテイ】 amazing truth, cardinal principle, key (to understanding)
  • 要諦 【ヨウテイ】 important point
  • 諦 【タイ】 satya, truth
  • 空諦 【クウタイ】 truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
  • 道諦 【ドウタイ】 truth of the way to the cessation of suffering

Kun reading compounds

  • 諦める 【あきらめる】 to give up, to abandon (hope, plans), to resign oneself (to)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
che

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2516 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1238 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2010 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1444 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
35716 Morohashi
5663 New Nelson (John Haig)
2716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
467 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7a9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
0062.7 Four corner code
1-36-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ae6 Unicode hex code