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Clever
Clever / Superb / Wonderful
The meanings for 妙 include: clever; wonderful; strange; unusual; superb; excellent; beautiful; mystic; supernatural; profound; mysterious; good; surpassing; fine, lovely, charming; special; outstanding; incomparable.
As you can see, this single character can mean a lot of things (a bit ambiguous).
Those Who Understand are Clever, Those Who Know Themselves are Truly Wise
zhī rén zhě zhì zì zhī zhě míng
知人者智自知者明 is a Chinese proverb that means “Those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise.”
This proverb is derived from the teachings in Laozi's (Lao Tzu's) 道德經 or Daodejing.
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A Bright Future
Bright and Promising Future
Bright Pearl
Cunning / Sly / Sneaky
Light / Bright
Light / Bright / Shine
Light / Bright and Promising Future
Scarlet / Bright Red
Sunny / Clear and Bright
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
妙 see styles |
miào miao4 miao myou / myo みょう |
More info & calligraphy: Clever / Superb / Wonderful(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound. |
快 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai kai かい |
More info & calligraphy: Fastpleasure; delight; enjoyment; (female given name) Yoshi Glad, joyful; quick, sharp. |
敏 see styles |
mǐn min3 min bin びん |
More info & calligraphy: Clever(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍) quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever; (personal name) Min Clever, active, ingenious, witty. |
靈 灵 see styles |
líng ling2 ling ryō |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit / SoulSpirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever. |
珠玉 see styles |
zhū yù zhu1 yu4 chu yü shugyoku しゅぎょく |
More info & calligraphy: Gem(1) jewel; gem; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (usu. as 珠玉の〜) gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece; (female given name) Tama |
賢女 see styles |
kenjo; kennyo(ok) けんじょ; けんにょ(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Wise Woman |
クレバー see styles |
kurebaa / kureba クレバー |
More info & calligraphy: Kleber |
乖 see styles |
guāi guai1 kuai ke |
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal to be contrary to |
儸 㑩 see styles |
luó luo2 lo |
smart; clever |
利 see styles |
lì li4 li ri り |
sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit advantage; benefit; profit; interest; (surname) Ri paṭu, tīkṣṇa; sharp, keen, clever; profitable, beneficial; gain, advantage; interest. |
巧 see styles |
qiǎo qiao3 ch`iao chiao kou / ko こう |
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness; (personal name) Takumu Skilful, clever. |
慜 see styles |
mǐn min3 min min |
clever; old variant of 愍[min3] kind慈] |
穎 颖 see styles |
yǐng ying3 ying ei / e えい |
head of grain; husk; tip; point; clever; gifted; outstanding awn; glume; (male given name) Satoshi |
聰 聪 see styles |
cōng cong1 ts`ung tsung sou / so そう |
(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp (given name) Sou Quick at hearing, sharp, clever, astute, wise, 聰明. |
詊 see styles |
pàn pan4 p`an pan |
pleasing; clever talk |
譞 𫍽 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
usually used in a name; clever; intelligent |
黠 see styles |
xiá xia2 hsia gechi |
(phonetic); crafty Smart, clever, intelligent. |
㑳 㑇 see styles |
zhòu zhou4 chou |
(old) beautiful; clever |
三子 see styles |
sān zǐ san1 zi3 san tzu mine みね |
(female given name) Mine The three sons, one filial, wise, and competent; one unfilial but clever and competent; one unfilial stupid, and incompetent; types respectively of bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and icchahtikas, 涅槃經 33. |
上手 see styles |
shàng shǒu shang4 shou3 shang shou jouzu(p); joute(ok); joushu(ok) / jozu(p); jote(ok); joshu(ok) じょうず(P); じょうて(ok); じょうしゅ(ok) |
to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 下手・へた・1) skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever; (2) flattery; (place-name) Nobote abbot |
不敏 see styles |
bù mǐn bu4 min3 pu min fubin ふびん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) slowness; inertness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) inability; lack of talent; dullness; stupidity not clever |
中根 see styles |
zhōng gēn zhong1 gen1 chung ken nakane なかね |
(place-name, surname) Nakane Medium capacity, neither clever nor dull, of each of the six organs 六根; there are three powers of each organ 上根, 中根, and 下根. |
乖巧 see styles |
guāi qiǎo guai1 qiao3 kuai ch`iao kuai chiao |
clever (child); smart; lovable; cute |
乖覺 乖觉 see styles |
guāi jué guai1 jue2 kuai chüeh |
perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd |
二業 二业 see styles |
èr yè er4 ye4 erh yeh nigyou / nigyo にぎょう |
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method. |
伶俐 see styles |
líng lì ling2 li4 ling li reiri れいり |
clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit (noun or adjectival noun) cleverness; sagacity clever |
伶利 see styles |
líng lì ling2 li4 ling li reiri |
clever |
俐巧 see styles |
rikou / riko りこう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd; (2) well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good; (3) (archaism) good (with words) |
利し see styles |
toshi とし |
(adj-ku) (1) (archaism) sharp; (2) (archaism) intense; strong; powerful; (3) (archaism) quick; rapid; fast; (4) (archaism) keen; sharp; clever |
利使 see styles |
lì shǐ li4 shi3 li shih rishi |
The sharp or clever envoy, i.e. the chief illusion of regarding the ego and its experiences and ideas as real, one of the five chief illusions. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Clever | 敏 | bin | mǐn / min3 / min | |
| Clever Superb Wonderful | 妙 | myou / myo | miào / miao4 / miao | |
| Those Who Understand are Clever, Those Who Know Themselves are Truly Wise | 知人者智自知者明 | zhī rén zhě zhì zì zhī zhě míng zhi1 ren2 zhe3 zhi4 zi4 zhi1 zhe3 ming2 zhi ren zhe zhi zi zhi zhe ming zhirenzhezhizizhizheming | chih jen che chih tzu chih che ming | |
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