渺 miǎo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 眇 blind in one eye
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
渺小
miǎoxiǎo
tiny; insignificant
Characters in this word
小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对辽阔的宇宙，人类的个体生命显得格外渺小，却依然能提出宏大的问题。 Miànduì liáokuò de yǔzhòu, rénlèi de gètǐ shēngmìng xiǎnde géwài miǎoxiǎo, què yīrán néng tíchū hóngdà de wèntí. Faced with the vast universe, each human life appears especially tiny, yet it can still raise grand questions.
- 站在高山顶上，人会觉得自己那么渺小。 Zhàn zài gāoshān dǐng shàng, rén huì juéde zìjǐ nàme miǎoxiǎo. Standing on top of a high mountain, one feels so tiny.
- 一只蚂蚁的力量虽然渺小，合起来却能搬动大东西。 Yì zhī mǎyǐ de lìliang suīrán miǎoxiǎo, hé qǐlái què néng bān dòng dà dōngxi. A single ant's strength is tiny, yet together ants can move big things.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young