渺
(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
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Dict coverage rank #2,665 U+6E3A
How 渺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 眇 (phonetic, miǎo)
components: 氵 眇
How to remember it
insignificant · Heisig RSH #1534
泪 tears + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 渺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渺无音信 | miǎo wú yīn xìn | to receive no news whatsoever about sb |
| 渺无人烟 | miǎo wú rén yān | remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted; God-forsaken |
| 紧凑渺子线圈 | Jǐn còu Miǎo zǐ Xiàn quān | Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) |
| 渺乎其微 | miǎo hū qí wēi | remote and insignificant (idiom) |
| 渺子 | miǎo zǐ | muon (particle physics) |
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant |
| 渺视 | miǎo shì | to think little of; to look down on |
| 渺远 | miǎo yuǎn | distant; remote (spatially or in time) |
| 前途渺茫 | qián tú miǎo máng | not knowing what to do next; at a loose end |
| 飘渺 | piāo miǎo | faintly discernible; indistinct; misty |
| 浩渺 | hào miǎo | vast; extending into the distance |
| 旷渺 | kuàng miǎo | remote and vast |
| 渺茫 | miǎo máng | uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague |
| 渺渺茫茫 | miǎo miǎo máng máng | uncertain; unknown; fuzzy |
| 杳渺 | yǎo miǎo | dimly discernible |
| 缥渺 | piāo miǎo | variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3] |