秒

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. beard of grain or corn
2. a second

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

秒 (jyutping miu5, Yale miu5)

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Japanese

Kanji

秒 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. second

Readings

• On: びょう (byō)
• Kun: のぎ (nogi)

Noun

秒 (hiragana びょう, romaji byō)

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

Counter

秒 (hiragana びょう, romaji byō)

1. seconds (duration)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

秒

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Noun

秒 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin miǎo)

1. second

   一天有86,400秒。

   yī tiān yǒu bā wàn liù qiān sì bǎi miǎo

   There are 86,400 seconds in one day.

Synonyms

• 秒鐘 (trad.), 秒钟 (simp.)

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Vietnamese

Han character

秒 (miểu, sao)