Taxonomy of meanings for 妙:　　

  • 妙 miào (OC: mews MC: miɛu) 彌笑切 去 廣韻：【同妙 】
  • 妙 miào (OC: mews MC: miɛu) 彌笑切 去 廣韻：【好也彌𥬇切三 】
    • BEAUTIFUL
      • NPabfeatureextraordinary beauty
      • VPiexquisit to look at
    • EXCELLENT
      • vadN*superb; Buddh: wonderful
      • vadNapparentapparently marvellous
      • vigradedbe outstanding
      • nabfeatureexquisite points of excellenceCH
    • FAMOUS
      • vibe elevated and subtle
    • OBSCURE
      • nab.post-V{NUM}mystery; secret; secret crucial point
      • vadNmarvellously or supernaturally apt
      • vibe marvellously or supernaturally apt
      • nab.post-Nfeaturedefinite: the mysteries ofCH
  • miàoLUCK
    • nabfelicityCH

Additional information about 妙

說文解字:

    Criteria
  • OBSCURE

    1. The current general word for mysteriousness is xuán 玄.

    2. Miào 妙 adds to the notion of mysteriousness that of intricacy and felicity of structure.

    3. Ào 奧 emphasises the recondite obscurity and supernatural links of the mysterious.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: (OBSCURE)微/TENUOUS Wēi 微 refers to subtlety predominantly in transferred figurative senses.