淼

淼 U+6DFC, 淼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DFC ← 添 [U+6DFB] CJK Unified Ideographs 淽 → [U+6DFD]

See also: 森

Translingual

Han character

淼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水水水 (EEE), four-corner 1223₂, composition ⿱水沝)

1. a wide expanse of water

Derived characters

• 𡡺, 𣾜, 𨶺, 𣛁, 𡂊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17699
• Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1637, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6DFC

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 淼 – see 渺 (“vast; boundless; endlessly long; expansive; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 渺).

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 淼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Triplication of 水 (“water”).

Usage notes

This character may be used in personal names.

Compounds

• 浩淼 (hàomiǎo)
• 淼淼
• 淼渺
• 淼漫
• 淼茫 (miǎománg)

 

Japanese

Kanji

淼

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wide expanse of water

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• Kan-on: びょう (byō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 淼い)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. a wide expanse of water

Vietnamese

Han character

淼: Hán Nôm readings: diễu, miểu

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