Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Miao Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 266, Entry 27 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced mao Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mao Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Having beautiful eyes. Yang Xiong's Dialects (Fangyan): Anything beautiful with a slender, graceful figure is called e; in the regions of Guandong, He, and Ji, it is called miao. Commentary: Nowadays, people in Guanxi also refer to beauty as miao; people in the Min region refer to prostitutes as miao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bao. Same as above. Also: Pronounced jiao. Same as above. Also: Pronounced mu. Meaning is the same.