描 — Chinese character
描
miáo
to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace
- Pinyin
- miáo
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 苗
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 苗
- Japanese
- 描 as a kanji
Common words with 描
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 描述 | miáo shù | to describe; description |
| 描写 (描寫) | miáo xiě | to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal |
| 描绘 (描繪) | miáo huì | to describe; to depict; to portray |
| 扫描 (掃描) | sǎo miáo | to scan |
| 素描 | sù miáo | sketch |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
| 扫描仪 (掃描儀) | sǎo miáo yí | scanner (device) |
| 描画 (描畫) | miáo huà | to draw; to describe |
| 扫描器 (掃描器) | sǎo miáo qì | scanner |
| 描摹 | miáo mó | to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) |
| 白描 | bái miáo | line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing |
| 描金 | miáo jīn | to outline in gold |
English words written with 描
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.