みょう

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Noun

みょう • (myō) 

1. 命: command; destiny
2. 猫: cat