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Kanji Detail for 苗 - "seedling, sprout, descendant"

苗

  • Meaning

    苗 means "seedling, sprout, descendant."

    1. Seedling - A young plant grown from seed.

    2. Sprout - A new growth from a plant.

    3. Descendant - One's children and their children.

    4. People - The common folk.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    seedling; sapling; shoot

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sprouts; Miao nationality

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China; surname Miao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sprouts; Miao nationality

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Grain that has not yet eared is called 苗 (seedling). | Now any newly sprouted plant is called 苗. Such as 豆苗 (bean sprouts), 蒜苗 (garlic sprouts). | 苗裔 (descendants). Meaning offspring. Also simply called 苗. | A minority ethnic group name. Descendants of the ancient Three Miao. Today most are in Hunan and Guizhou. Also in Guangxi, Yunnan, and Sichuan. Below is from 田. From 由 is pronounced like 翟. A separate character.
  • Onyomitip

    byo(びょ) びょ

    myoh(みょう) みょう

  • Kunyomitip

    ka.ri(かり) かり

    nae(なえ) なえ

    nawa(なわ) なわ

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords
    seedling sprout plant sapling young growth descendant offspring lineage ancestry people folk rice cultivation nursery shoot bud beginning potential

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