⿰禾𰢫
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Translingual
Han character
⿰禾𰢫 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+9, 14 strokes, composition ⿰禾𰢫 or ⿸秒生)
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 秒 (OC *mewʔ, “tiny; minute”) + semantic 生.
Etymology
From 秒 (miǎo, “tiny; minute”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Eastern Min (BUC): miēu
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Eastern Min
Definitions
⿰禾𰢫
- (bacteriology, obsolete) bacteria [c. 1900][1]