缪 (miù): surname Miao, used in 綢繆|绸缪
缪 (miù) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 綢繆|绸缪.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 翏 (phonetic). It ranks #2950 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缪 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 红 (hóng, red), 线 (xiàn, line, thread), 结 (jié, knot, result).
Definitions
- surname Miao
- used in 綢繆|绸缪
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塞缪尔proper-noun | sài miù ěr | (name) Samuel |
| 未雨绸缪phrase | wèi yǔ chóu móu | lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) |
| 缪斯proper-noun | miù sī | Muse (Greek mythology) |
| 塞缪尔·约翰逊 | sài miù ěr yuē hàn xùn | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer |
| 加缪 | jiā miù | Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist |
| 缪思proper-noun | miù sī | variant of 繆斯|缪斯 |
| 缪巧 | miù qiǎo | plan |
| 悖缪 | bèi miù | variant of 悖謬|悖谬 |
| 纰缪 | pī miù | error |
| 绸缪adjective | chóu móu | to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth |
缪 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
屏幕会变，界面也不能刻舟求剑 操作系统本身，也在为更自由的屏幕形态未雨绸缪。
píng mù huì biàn , jiè miàn yě bù néng kè zhōu qiú jiàn cāo zuò xì tǒng běn shēn , yě zài wéi gèng zì yóu de píng mù xíng tài wèi yǔ chóu miù .
Screens are evolving, and user interfaces can’t remain stuck in the past. Operating systems themselves are also preparing for more flexible screen formats.
哲学家加缪写道，攀登山顶的拼搏本身足以充实内心，应当想象西西弗斯是幸福的。
zhé xué jiā jiā miù xiě dào , pān dēng shān dǐng de pīn bó běn shēn zú yǐ chōng shí nèi xīn , yīng dāng xiǎng xiàng xī xī fú sī shì xìng fú de .
The philosopher Camus wrote that the struggle to reach the summit is in itself enough to fulfill the soul, and that we should imagine Sisyphus as a happy man.
中新社 上海8月15日电 (记者 缪璐)黑白纵横连两岸，纹枰往来续新篇。
zhōng xīn shè shàng hǎi 8 yuè 1 5 rì diàn ( jì zhě miù lù ) hēi bái zòng héng lián liǎng àn , wén 枰 wǎng lái xù xīn piān .
China News Service, Shanghai, August 15 (Reporter Miao Lu) — Black and white lines crisscross, connecting both sides of the strait; the go stones move back and forth, writing a new chapter.
正如缪婷茹饰演的桃花抱着八路军遗孤，站在太行山的悬崖边上，身后是万丈深渊。
zhèng rú miù tíng rú shì yǎn de táo huā bào zhe bā lù jūn yí gū , zhàn zài tài xíng shān de xuán yá biān shàng , shēn hòu shì wàn zhàng shēn yuān .
Just as Tao Hua, played by Miao Tingru, stands on the edge of a cliff in the Taihang Mountains, holding an orphan of the Eighth Route Army, with a bottomless abyss behind her.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced miù
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