Chinese symbol for “clever”
妙
miào
clever; wonderful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clever is 妙 (miào), defined as: clever; wonderful.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “clever”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聪明 (聰明) | cōng ming | intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 乖巧 | guāi qiǎo | clever (child); smart |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick |
| 伶俐 | líng lì | clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 妙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇妙 | qí miào | wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
| 美妙 | měi miào | beautiful; wonderful |
| 微妙 | wēi miào | subtle |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 不妙 | bù miào | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clever”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.