秒 miǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 少 few, little
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
秒
miǎo
second
Character
Example phrases
- 等我十秒。 Děng wǒ shí miǎo. Wait for me ten seconds.
- 还有三秒。 Hái yǒu sān miǎo. There are three seconds left.
- 一秒也别晚。 Yì miǎo yě bié wǎn. Do not be even one second late.