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Traditional (Taiwan): 繆

móu ㄇㄡˊ

    • tender; deeply affectionate

Cantonese: mau4, miu6, maau6, muk6

Other words read móu

In the same tone

  • 谋 móu plan
  • 牟 móu barley
  • 鍪 móu iron pot
  • 蛑 móu marine crab
  • 侔 móu similar
  • 眸 móu pupil
  • 𫓴 móu battle helmet
  • 麰 móu barley

mou with other tones

miào ㄇㄧㄠˋ

    • surname Miao

Other words read miào

In the same tone

  • 庙 miào temple
  • 妙 miào clever

miao with other tones

  • 秒 miǎo second
  • 苗 miáo sprout
  • 喵 miāo meow
  • 描 miáo depict
  • 瞄 miáo take aim
  • 淼 miǎo flood
  • 缈 miǎo used in 缥缈 piāomiǎo
  • 渺 miǎo vast
  • 眇 miǎo blind
  • 藐 miǎo despise
  • 邈 miǎo profound
  • 杪 miǎo limit

All 16 words read miao in any tone

miù ㄇㄧㄡˋ

    • used in 纰缪 pīmiù (error)

Other words read miù

In the same tone

  • 谬 miù false

The stroke order and parts of 缪

    部首 radical
    纟
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 11 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    纟翏
    形旁 meaning
    纟
    声旁 sound
    翏
    仓颉 Cangjie code
    女一尸一竹 VMSMH
    五笔 Wubi code
    XNWE
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    Easy to confuse with 缪

    • 谬 Similar shape and sound

      Both can be read miù and share 翏. 谬 (miù) has speech 讠 and means wrong, as in 荒谬 (huāngmiù); 缪 has 纟 and in this sense appears only in 纰缪 (pīmiù). 缪 is also read móu in 绸缪 (chóumóu).

    Words with 缪

    Starting with 缪

    Ending with 缪

    • 未雨绸缪 wèiyǔchóumóu fig. to plan ahead
    • 纰缪 pīmiù error
    • 加缪 jiāmiù Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
    • 绸缪 chóumóu be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
    • 情意绸缪 qíngyìchóumóu deep, tender affection

    Containing 缪

    • 塞缪尔 sàimiù'ěr Samuel
    • 塞缪尔·约翰逊 sàimiù'ěryuēhànxùn Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer

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