描 (miu4 | miao2) : trace; retouch

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描

miu4

miao2

[1] trace; copy
[2] retouch; touch up

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

描

This word has been viewed 5415 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jan 2011 04:31

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描紅 miu4 hung4 miao2 hong2 = to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)

描述 miu4 seot6 miao2 shu4 = to describe

掃描 sou3 miu4 sao3 miao2 = to scan (electronic)

掃描器 sou3 miu4 hei3 sao3 miao2 qi4 = scanner

素描 sou3 miu4 = drawing

人物描寫 jan4 mat6*2 miu4 se2 ren2 wu4 miao2 xie3 = portrayal

描寫 miu4 se2 miao2 xie3 = to describe; to depict

描圖紙 miu4 tou4 zi2 miao2 tu2 zhi3 = tracing paper

數碼掃描 sou3 maa5 sou3 miu4 shu4 ma3 sao3 miao2 = a digital scan

描金 miu4 gam1 miao2 jin1 = to outline in gold
See all 15 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 描
Unicode code for this character: U+63cf (off-site link)

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