みょう

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of みょう – see the following entries.
【妙】S
[adjective] strange
[adjective] excellent
[noun] excellence
【明】2
[affix] bright
[affix] light, lamp
[affix] clarifying
[affix] passing to the next in time
[affix] graceful, respectful
[affix] (Buddhism) passing of knowledge, scholarship, or study
[noun] (Buddhism) knowledge or wisdom that dispels the darkness of ignorance and brings to the realization of truth; enlightenment
[noun] (Buddhism) an esoteric mantra
[adnominal] this coming...
(This term, みょう (myō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as みょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みょう.)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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みょう • (myō) 

  1. 命: command; destiny
  2. 猫: cat
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