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秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
秒 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

秒 Stroke Order — How to Write 秒

Stroke Order

秒 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 禾, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

秒 Radical and Character Components

Components:禾少

秒 is a phono-semantic compound: 禾 (grain) carries the meaning, while 少 indicates the sound.

Radical: 禾 + 4 more strokes

秒 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • miǎo

Meanings of 秒 in Chinese

1

miǎo秒

An awn on grain husks, extended to refer to something tiny, minute, or infinitesimally small.
那细如秒芒的痕迹，不易察觉。
That trace, as fine as a grain's awn, was not easily detected.
Unit of time, one-sixtieth of a minute.
他用秒表记录了跑步时间。
He used a stopwatch to record his running time.
A unit of angular measurement, equivalent to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc; an arcsecond.
这个角只有三十秒。
This angle is only thirty arcseconds.
A unit of angular measurement for longitude and latitude, equal to one-sixtieth of a minute.
地图上，两点之间的经度差为一分三十秒。
On the map, the longitude difference between the two points is one minute and thirty seconds.
An ancient unit of length, one ten-thousandth of a cun (Chinese inch).
古籍中记载，一寸为万秒。
Ancient texts record that one cun is equivalent to ten thousand miao.
An ancient Chinese unit of capacity, where ten 'cuo' made one 'miao'.
那时的人们用秒来衡量小份的谷物。
In those days, people used 'miao' to measure small portions of grain.

Common Words and Phrases with 秒

1
miǎo秒bǎi摆
A pendulum whose half-period (a swing in one direction) is exactly one second, resulting in a full period of two seconds.
物理实验课上，我们用精密的计时器测量了一个秒摆的周期，以验证重力加速度的数值
In physics lab, we used a precise timer to measure the period of a seconds pendulum to verify the value of gravitational acceleration.
2
miǎo秒biǎo表
A watch used for measuring periods of time very accurately, especially in sports or scientific research.
教练用秒表记录了运动员跑步的时间。
The coach used a stopwatch to record the runner's time.
3
miǎo秒zhēn针
The second hand of a clock or watch.
手表上的秒针滴答作响，提醒着时间的流逝。
The second hand on the watch ticks, reminding us of the passage of time.

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Questions about 秒

What does 秒 mean in Chinese?

秒 (miǎo) means “An awn on grain husks” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 秒?

秒 is pronounced miǎo in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 秒 have?

秒 has 9 strokes.

How do you write 秒?

秒 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 禾. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 秒?

The radical of 秒 is 禾, and 秒 is a phono-semantic compound.