秒

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Counter 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) 禾 (“‘grain’”) (meaning) + 少 (sound).

[edit] Han character

秒 (radical 115 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火竹 (HDFH), four-corner 2992₀)

1. beard of grain or corn
2. a second

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 850, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24952
• Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2593, character 12
• Unihan data for U+79D2

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

秒 (Yale miu5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

秒 (grade 3 kanji)

1. second

[edit] Readings

• On: びょう (byō)
• Kun: のぎ (nogi)

[edit] Noun

秒 (hiragana びょう, romaji byō)

1. a second (unit of time)
2. a second (unit of angle)

[edit] Counter

秒 (hiragana びょう, romaji byō)

1. seconds (duration)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

秒 (hangeul 초, 묘, revised cho, myo, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, myo, Yale cho, myo)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

秒 (pinyin jīng (jing1), miǎo (miao3), Wade-Giles ching¹, miao³)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

秒 (miểu, sao)