妙miào
wonderful, clever. 7 strokes, radical 女, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 妙
Strokes 1–3 write 女, then strokes 4–7 write 少.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 妙 · the stroke-order rules
What 妙 is made of
女 (nǚ, woman) and 少 (shǎo, few).
女 carries the meaning — woman — and 少 carries the sound.
Words that use 妙
| 妙 | wonderful, clever 指美好而不同寻常 台下的听众都说歌声美妙。The audience below all said the singing was wonderful. Lesson 619, 民歌迎客 · 天工开物与匠心独运 · Technological Innovation & Material Sciences |
| 奇妙 | marvellous, delightful 指新奇而美好 一只小狗扑上来讨食，样子十分奇妙。It looked utterly delightful. Lesson 627, 坡下小铺 · 精研机理与洞见真知 · Scientific Insight & Physical Principles |
| 巧妙 | ingenious 指方法灵巧高明 整座桥的设计方案十分巧妙。The design of the whole crossing was ingenious. Lesson 630, 全力修桥 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
Characters that share the sound part 少
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 女
All 24 of them, and what the radical means, on the 女 radical page.