妙

音読おんよみ: ミョウ

訓読くんよみ: たえ

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: おんなへん(女)

Meaning

Strange / Mysterious / Exquisite

  • みょう — strange; curious; exquisite
  • 妙案みょうあん — clever idea; brilliant plan
  • 奇妙きみょう — odd; peculiar
  • 絶妙ぜつみょう — exquisite; superb
  • 妙技みょうぎ — skilled / marvelous technique

A phono-semantic build: the left side 女 marks the set (radical), and the right side 少 gives the sound ミョウ and the sense of “subtle / slight.” From “subtle feminine grace” the nuance widens to exquisite, and by extension to “odd/curious” as in 奇妙.

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