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Exquisite Delicate Strange 妙 ミョウ、ビョウ たえ Queer Mystery

Kanji
Onyomi ミョウ、ビョウ
Kunyomi たえ
English exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming
Examples 微妙(びみょう): (1) delicate; subtle; sensitive (2) difficult; delicate (situation); complicated (3) doubtful; questionable; dicey
妙(みょう): (1) strange; unusual (2) (something) superb; (something) excellent
奇妙(きみょう): strange; queer; curious
巧妙(こうみょう): ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1122
Components 女: woman; female
少: few; little
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 38
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading おんな・おんなへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword exquisite
Koohii Story 1 Exquisite women are few and far between.
Koohii Story 2 A geisha is an exquisite and delicate (another meaning of this kanji) women, however, even in the past there was only few of them.
RTK Index 123

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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