苗
seedling; sapling; shoot
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1713.
Readings
- ミョウ (on reading): 苗字 (みょうじ) surname; 豆苗 (とうみょう) pea sprouts
- なえ (kun reading): 苗 (なえ) seedling; 苗床 (なえどこ) seedbed
- ビョウ (on reading): 種苗 (しゅびょう) seeds and seedlings; 育苗 (いくびょう) raising seedlings
- なわ (kun reading): 苗代 (なわしろ) rice nursery; 苗水 (なわみず) water for a rice nursery
Components
Kanji containing 苗
Words using 苗
- 苗字 (みょうじ) surname
- 豆苗 (とうみょう) pea sprouts
- 苗字帯刀 (みょうじたいとう) right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 苗 (なえ) seedling
- 苗床 (なえどこ) seedbed
- 苗木 (なえぎ) seedling
- 苗畑 (なえばたけ) field of seedlings (rice, trees, etc.)
- 花苗 (はななえ) flower seedling
- 種苗 (しゅびょう) seeds and seedlings
- 育苗 (いくびょう) raising seedlings
- 痘苗 (とうびょう) vaccine
- 種苗法 (しゅびょうほう) Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act
- 苗裔 (びょうえい) descendant
- 苗代 (なわしろ) rice nursery
- 苗水 (なわみず) water for a rice nursery
- 苗代時 (なわしろどき) time to prepare a rice nursery
- 苗族 (ミャオぞく) Miao (people)
26 words in all.