妙
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miào · mysterious, subtle

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HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #4292
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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 妙

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miàoWords pronounced miào
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Example sentences

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Xì fǎ rén rén huì biàn, gè yǒu qiǎo miào bù tóng.戲法人人會變,各有巧妙不同。

Everyone's tricks are different; each differs in ingenious ways.

Source: Tatoeba #917819 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Páng dà ér jīng miào de tǐ xì wǎng wǎng jiàn lì zài jǐ gè jiǎn dān de guī zé zhī shàng.庞大而精妙的体系往往建立在几个简单的规则之上。

A vast and sophisticated system is usually based on a few simple rules.

Source: Tatoeba #13902321 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Duō měi miào de yè wǎn a !多美妙的夜晚啊!

What a wonderful night!

Source: Tatoeba #816483 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yǒu zhe qí miào de xiǎng fǎ.他有着奇妙的想法。

He has strange ideas.

Source: Tatoeba #3630238 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà shì gè wēi miào de jú shì.那是个微妙的局势。

It's a delicate situation.

Source: Tatoeba #9637787 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hǎo qiǎo miào a.好巧妙啊。

That's clever.

Source: Tatoeba #805579 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 妙 in context

  1. Say miào, then recall the core meaning: mysterious, subtle.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 巧妙 (qiǎo miào), meaning “ingenious”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 妙 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.