描

miáo = mi + ao2

to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up

描 = 扌 + 苗 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is touching up (描) her sprouts (苗) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) using a toy claw (扌).

描 character breakdown

描
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 苗
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗
  - 艹

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

miáo = mi + ao2

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao

苗 = 艹 + 田 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.

miáo = mi + ao2

sprout

苗 = 艹 + 田 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.

Characters with 描 as component

描 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 描

to scan

to describe / to portray

to describe / to depict / to portray / description

scanner (device)

scanner

to draw / to describe

to trace

to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over

portrayal

flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube) / retrace

see 越描越黑[yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1]

to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray

to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)

to outline in gold

Sentences with 描

描 currently does not appear in any sentence.