渺 — myo

Parts that make up 渺

How 渺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 渺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 眇.

Korean example words with 渺

• 묘망하다渺茫 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀어서 바라보기에 아득하다
• 묘만渺漫 Korean gloss: 끝없이 넓음.
• 묘막渺漠 Korean gloss: ‘묘막하다’의 어근.
• 묘소渺小 Korean gloss: ‘묘소하다’의 어근.
• 묘연渺然 Korean gloss: ‘묘연하다’의 어근.
• 묘원渺遠 Korean gloss: ‘묘원하다’의 어근.
• 호묘浩渺 Korean gloss: ‘호묘하다’의 어근.
• 묘원히渺遠히 Korean gloss: 까마득하게 멀리.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 渺

• 渺びょう boundless; limitless; vast
• 渺々びょうびょう boundless; limitless; vast
• 縹渺ひょうびょう boundless; vast; limitless
• 渺茫びょうぼう vast; boundless
• 往事渺茫おうじびょうぼう memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant
• 神韻縹渺しんいんひょうびょう (a work of art being) sublime; transcendent

Characters sharing the phonetic 眇

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “묘” in Korean.

Other hanja read “묘”

Other hanja with radical 水