缪
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variant of 謬|谬[miu4]
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 糸 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 繆
- Common rank
- #2,880
- Unicode
- U+7F2A
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Formation & memory
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How 缪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 meaning “thread” + 翏 sound ()
Components 纟 翏
Words with 缪
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塞缪尔·约翰逊 | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer | |
| 塞缪尔 | (name) Samuel | |
| 缪斯 | Muse (Greek mythology) | |
| 加缪 | Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist | |
| 缪思 | variant of 繆斯|缪斯[Miu4 si1] | |
| 未雨绸缪 | lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to pla… | |
| 缪巧 | plan; scheme; intelligent; quick-witted | |
| 绸缪 | to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth | |
| 悖缪 | variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4] | |
| 纰缪 | error; mistake |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 翏 — compare how they read.