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 mǐn
 bin
 
Clever Scroll

敏 means quick, nimble, agile, clever, smart, ingenious, and/or witty.

Clever / Superb / Wonderful

 miào
 myou
 
Clever / Superb / Wonderful Scroll

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
Those Who Understand are Clever, Those Who Know Themselves are Truly Wise Scroll

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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Bright and Promising Future

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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

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miào
    miao4
miao
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Clever / Superb / Wonderful
clever; 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.

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kuài
    kuai4
k`uai
    kuai
 kai
    かい

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Fast
rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
pleasure; delight; enjoyment; (female given name) Yoshi
Glad, joyful; quick, sharp.

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mǐn
    min3
min
 bin
    びん

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Clever
(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍) quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever; (personal name) Min
Clever, active, ingenious, witty.


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líng
    ling2
ling
 ryō

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Spirit / Soul
quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
Spirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever.

珠玉

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zhū yù
    zhu1 yu4
chu yü
 shugyoku
    しゅぎょく

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Gem
pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person
(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

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 kenjo; kennyo(ok)
    けんじょ; けんにょ(ok)

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Wise Woman
wise woman; clever woman

クレバー

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 kurebaa / kureba
    クレバー

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Kleber
(adjectival noun) clever; (personal name) Cleaver; Klever

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guāi
    guai1
kuai
 ke
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
to be contrary to


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luó
    luo2
lo
smart; clever

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    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.

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qiǎo
    qiao3
ch`iao
    chiao
 kou / ko
    こう
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness; (personal name) Takumu
Skilful, clever.

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mǐn
    min3
min
 min
clever; old variant of 愍[min3]
kind慈]


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yǐng
    ying3
ying
 ei / e
    えい
head of grain; husk; tip; point; clever; gifted; outstanding
awn; glume; (male given name) Satoshi


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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.

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pàn
    pan4
p`an
    pan
pleasing; clever talk


𫍽

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xuān
    xuan1
hsüan
usually used in a name; clever; intelligent

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xiá
    xia2
hsia
 gechi
(phonetic); crafty
Smart, clever, intelligent.


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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
(old) beautiful; clever

三子

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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

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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

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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

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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

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guāi qiǎo
    guai1 qiao3
kuai ch`iao
    kuai chiao
clever (child); smart; lovable; cute

乖覺


乖觉

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guāi jué
    guai1 jue2
kuai chüeh
perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd

二業


二业

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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

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líng lì
    ling2 li4
ling li
 reiri
    れいり
clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
(noun or adjectival noun) cleverness; sagacity
clever

伶利

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líng lì
    ling2 li4
ling li
 reiri
clever

俐巧

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 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

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 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

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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 CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Cleverbinmǐn / min3 / min
Clever
Superb
Wonderful
myou / myomiào / 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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