淼

淼 U+6DFC, 淼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DFC
← 添
[U+6DFB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淽 →
[U+6DFD]
See also: 森

Translingual

Han character

淼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水水水 (EEE), four-corner 12232, composition ⿱水沝)

  1. a wide expanse of water

Derived characters

  • 𡡺, 𣾜, 𨶺, 𣛁, 𡂊

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17699
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1637, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6DFC

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 淼 – see 渺 (“vast; boundless; endlessly long; expansive; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 渺).

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 淼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Triplication of 水 (“water”).

Usage notes

This character may be used in personal names.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

淼

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. wide expanse of water

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: びょう (byō)
  • Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 淼い)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. a wide expanse of water

Vietnamese

Han character

淼: Hán Nôm readings: diễu, miểu

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