秒 = 禾 + 少

秒 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “beard of grain or corn”. It is built from 禾 (grain still on stalk) and 少 (few).

Keyword: beard of grain or corn
Pinyin (Mandarin): miǎo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: борода из зерна или кукурузы
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 秒 second

Decomposition

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禾 grain still on stalk
少 few

How to find 秒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain still on stalk” + “few”. 秒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 秒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.