藐 (miǎo): to despise

藐 (miǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “to despise.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 貌 (structural). It ranks #3110 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 艹 grass17 strokesFrequency #3110艹 structural貌 structural

Definitions

  1. to despise

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
藐视verbmiǎo shìto despise
藐视一切miǎo shì yī qièto look down upon everything
藐小miǎo xiǎovariant of 渺小
藐法miǎo fǎto disregard the law
藐忽miǎo hūto disregard
藐孤miǎo gūsmall orphan
藐藐miǎo miǎocontemptuous (of manner)
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Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

藐 appears in 7 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 藐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

粘nián
0.568212 co-occurrences
菩pú
0.568298 co-occurrences
庭tíng
0.472474 co-occurrences
视shì
0.441490 co-occurrences
躬gōng
0.43924 co-occurrences
云yún
0.430220 co-occurrences
孤gū
0.38560 co-occurrences
三sān
0.377686 co-occurrences
恨hèn
0.37434 co-occurrences
法fǎ
0.362592 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了藐字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le miǎo zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "藐" in the dictionary.

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不认李贞秀是立委 卓揆遭批藐视立法权

bù rèn lǐ zhēn xiù shì lì wěi zhuó 揆 zāo pī miǎo shì lì fǎ quán

Not recognizing Li Zhenxiu as a legislator Zhuo Kui was criticized for contempt of legislative power

Character Family

艹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the grass radical

花huā节jié落luò苦kǔ药yào苏sū草cǎo蓝lán菜cài茶chá

Related Characters

草cǎo花huā茶chá菜cài药yào苦kǔ落luò蓝lán节jié苏sū

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 藐 (miǎo) mean in Chinese?
藐 (miǎo) primarily means "to despise." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3110 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 藐 have?
藐 is written with 17 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 藐?
The radical associated with 藐 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are the components of 藐?
藐 is composed of: 艹 (structural), 貌 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱艹貌 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 藐?
Common words with 藐 include: 藐视 (miǎo shì, "to despise"); 藐视一切 (miǎo shì yī qiè, "to look down upon everything"); 藐小 (miǎo xiǎo, "variant of 渺小"); 藐法 (miǎo fǎ, "to disregard the law"); 藐忽 (miǎo hū, "to disregard"). There are over 7 compound words containing this character.
Is 藐 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 藐 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.