秒miǎo
second (unit of time). 9 strokes, radical 禾, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin miǎoStrokes 9Radical 禾Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 秒
Strokes 1–5 write 禾, then strokes 6–9 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 秒 · the stroke-order rules
What 秒 is made of
禾 (hé, cereal) and 少 (shǎo, few).
禾 carries the meaning — grain — and 少 carries the sound.
Words that use 秒
| 秒 | second (unit of time) 指计时单位中最小的一格 传感器每一秒都在监测震动。The sensor monitored vibration every single second. Lesson 457, 朗澈明辨 · 商海统筹与求真明理 · Commercial Strategy & Rational Inquiry |
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 禾
All 16 of them, and what the radical means, on the 禾 radical page.