- 妙 — strange; curious; exquisite
- 妙案 — clever idea; brilliant plan
- 奇妙 — odd; peculiar
- 絶妙 — exquisite; superb
- 妙技 — 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.