藐

Han character edit

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 edit

• (ignore): 蔑
• (contemn): 鄙

Antonyms edit

• 尊
• 重

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

藐

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

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• 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)

Hanja edit

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

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Han character edit

藐: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, diểu

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