# 藐

| 藐 | U+85D0, &#34256; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85D0 |
| ← 藏 [U+85CF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 藑 → [U+85D1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

藐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月竹山 (TBHU) or 難廿月竹山 (XTBHU), four-corner 4421$_6$, composition ⿱艹貌)
* to ignore, to slight, to disregard
* to contemn, to disdain

#### Synonyms

* (ignore): 蔑
* (contemn): 鄙

#### Antonyms

* 尊
* 重

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1064, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32267
* Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3314, character 11
* Unihan data for U+85D0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 貌 | *mreːwɢs |
| 皃 | *mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ |
| 藐 | *mawʔ, *mraːwɢ |
| 邈 | *mraːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mawʔ, *mraːwɢ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 貌 (OC *mreːwɢs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎo (miao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): miu$^5$ / mok$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): miēu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): biáu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): miou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^3$
*** Yale: myǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: miu$^5$ / mok$^6$
*** Yale: míuh / mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: miu$^5$ / mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: miu$^5$ / mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːu̯¹³/, /mɔːk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: miēu
*** Sinological IPA : /mieu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu
*** Tâi-lô: biáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: miou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mióu
*** Sinological IPA : /miou⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: mjiewX, maewk
Rime :
| Character | 藐 | 藐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 亡沼切 | 莫角切 |
| Baxter | mjiewX | maewk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇu$^X$/ | /mˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛu$^X$/ | /mᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæu$^X$/ | /mɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw$^X$/ | /maɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛu$^X$/ | /mɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu$^X$/ | /mɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu$^X$/ | /mɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miǎo | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^5$ | mok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mawʔ/, /*mraːwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藐 | 藐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8934 | 8936 |
| Phonetic component | 皃 | 皃 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眇 | 邈 |
| Old Chinese | /*mawʔ/ | /*mraːwɢ/ |

### Definitions

藐
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small; young
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to look down on; to think little of
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 邈 (miǎo, “faraway; distant”)

### Compounds

* 藐不可測 / 藐不可测
* 藐姑射
* 藐小 (miǎoxiǎo)
* 藐法
* 藐然
* 藐視 / 藐视 (miǎoshì)
* 藐藐

### References

* “藐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: まく (maku)、みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: ばく (baku)、びょう (byō)
* Kun: さげすむ (sagesumu, 藐む)、ないがしろ (naigashiro)、かろんじる (karonjiru, 藐んじる)、なみする (namisuru, 藐する)、とおい (tōi, 藐い)

## Korean
### Hanja

藐 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

藐: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, diểu, miệu
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