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  miu5   jyutping
  miao3   pinyin
[1] [n] beard of grain or corn [2] [n] second (said of time or degree)

Stroke count: 9
Level: 2
Radical: (#115)
This character was last edited on 21st Dec 2007

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detail  miu5 fat1   = an infinitesmal number
detail  miu5 zung1   = second (1/60th of a minute)
detail  hou4 miu5  hao2 miao3 = millisecond
detail  miu5 biu2/1  miao3 biao3 = stopwatch
detail  miu5 biu2*1  miao3 biao3 = stopwatch; chronograph
detail  fan1 miu5 bit1 zang1   = seize every moment


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detail 一分六十. edit
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