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Kanji Detail for 苗 - "seedling"

苗

  • Meaning

    苗 means "seedling." Also associated with 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.

  • Words using 苗

    • 苗木 なえぎ Listen seedling; sapling; young tree
    • 苗字 みょうじ Listen surname; family name; last name

  • Four-character idioms with 苗

    • 苗字帯刀 みょうじたいとう Listen right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

  • Tattoo check: 苗

    • Verified meaning: seedling
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read なえ, びょう, みょう)
    • Also carries these associations: sprout, descendant

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 苗

    Given names 苗(なえ)Listen

    Surnames 苗(びょう)Listen 苗(みょう)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    byoh(ビョウ) ビョウ

    myoh(ミョウ) ミョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    nae(なえ) なえ

    nawa(なわ) なわ

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    seedling sprout descendant sapling agriculture cultivation germination growth nursery plant shoot young plant

Sentences including 苗

  • Seedlings are young plants.

  • What's your last name?

  • My last name is Wang.

  • I know Tom's last name.

  • My surname is Zhou.

  • The young plants are potted during the winter.

  • Seedlings are young plants.

  • I have forgotten her last name.

  • Tom planted a peach tree.

  • I like my last name.

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