Radical and Phonetic
Radical
Total Number of Strokes 12
Number of Strokes 8
Mandarin Reading miǎo
TeoChew Phonetic
Chinese Definitions
淼 <形>
(会意。从三水。又作“渺”。本义:水大的样子) 同本义 [(expanse of water)vast]
淼南渡之焉如?――《楚辞·九章·哀郢》
又如:淼淼(水势浩大的样子);淼渺(水广阔无际的样子);淼漫(水流广远的样子);淼漭(辽阔的样子)
淼茫
[dim expanse of water stretches as far as the eye can see] 水广远的样子
淼miǎo水大,望不见边际:烟波浩~。
English Definitions
a wide expanse of water
References
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