藐

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

Translingual

Han character

藐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月竹山 (TBHU) or 難廿月竹山 (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 Dictionary: page 1064, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3314, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85D0

Chinese

trad.		藐
simp. #		藐
2nd round simp.		秒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貌	*mreːwɢs
皃	*mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ
藐	*mawʔ, *mraːwɢ
邈	*mraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mawʔ, *mraːwɢ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 貌 (OC *mreːwɢs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ / mok⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): miēu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): biáu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): miou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
    • Wade–Giles: miao³
    • Yale: myǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ / mok⁶
    • Yale: míuh / mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ / mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ / mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/, /mɔːk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
    • Tâi-lô: biáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: miou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mióu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miou⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiewX, maewk

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
Baxter	mjiewX	maewk
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛuX/	/mɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu5	mok6

• 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

1. ^† small; young
2. ^† to look down on; to think little of
3. ^† Alternative form of 邈 (miǎo, “faraway; distant”)

Compounds

• 藐不可測 / 藐不可测
• 藐姑射
• 藐小 (miǎoxiǎo)
• 藐法
• 藐然
• 藐視 / 藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 藐藐

 

References

• “藐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

藐

(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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

藐: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, diểu, miệu

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