妙 – exquisite, strange, queer

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1122 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 妙 means exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミョウ、ビョウ (myou, byou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たえ (tae). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミョウ	myou
On’yomi	ビョウ	byou
Kun’yomi	たえ	tae

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: ノ・女・小.

Words using 妙

妙みょうstrange奇妙きみょうstrange微妙びみょうsubtle巧妙こうみょうingenious

Example sentences

彼は自分の妙な行動について明確に説明はしなかった。

He offered no specific explanation for his strange behavior.

Tatoeba #104846

彼は生徒を教える事に妙をえている。

He is skillful in teaching pupils.

Tatoeba #103194

これはとても奇妙な手紙です。

This is a very strange letter.

Tatoeba #218566

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威娘嫌妊妹姉妨

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