描

描	U+63CF, 描 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63CF

← 揎
[U+63CE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

提 →
[U+63D0]

Translingual

Han character

描 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 5406₀, composition ⿰扌苗)

References

KangXi: page 441, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339

Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1892, character 3

Unihan data for U+63CF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		描

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
貓	mreːw, mrew
描	mreːw, mrew
媌	mreːw, mreːwʔ
緢	mreːwʔ, mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): biâu / biô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁴
  - Yale: mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu / biô
  - Tâi-lô: biâu / biô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biaau, biooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biaʊ²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biaʊ²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biaʊ¹³/, /bio¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biaʊ²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biaʊ²³/, /biɤ²³/

Note:

biâu - literary;
biô - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇu/, /mˠau/▼

Rime
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	武瀌切	莫交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mjɛu/	/mau/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo	máo

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9102	9107
Phonetic component	苗	苗
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	茅	苗
Old Chinese	/*mreːw/	/*mrew/

Definitions

描

to copy; to trace; to sketch
to depict; to describe

Compounds

平面描跡／平面描迹
掃描／扫描 (sǎomiáo)
掃描器／扫描器 (sǎomiáoqì)
描圖／描图 (miáotú)
描寫／描写 (miáoxiě)
描寫句／描写句
描摩
描摸
描摹 (miáomó)
描樣兒／描样儿

描眉畫眼／描眉画眼
描紅／描红 (miáohóng)
描繪／描绘 (miáohuì)
描補／描补
描賠／描赔
描述 (miáoshù)
描金
描鸞刺鳳／描鸾刺凤
描黛
斷層掃描／断层扫描 (duàncéng sǎomiáo)

柳葉描／柳叶描
白描
筆描／笔描
素描 (sùmiáo)
線描法／线描法
花描
蘭葉描／兰叶描
輕描淡寫／轻描淡写 (qīngmiáodànxiě)
間條掃描／间条扫描
點描畫法／点描画法

Japanese

Kanji

描

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)
Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)
Kun: えがく (egaku, 描く, Jōyō); かく (kaku, 描く, Jōyō)

Compounds

描 (えが)く (egaku)

Korean

Hanja

描 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

描 (miêu)

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