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妙 = 少 + 女
妙 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “exquisite”. It is built from 少 (few) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 130.
- Keyword
- exquisite
- RTK frame
- 130
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ミョウ, ビョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たえ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- изысканный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 妙 mysterious
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 妙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “few” + “woman”. 妙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 妙 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.