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Chinese symbol for “outcrop”

矿苗
kuàng miáo
Traditional: 礦苗
(geology) outcrop

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outcrop is 矿苗 (kuàng miáo), defined as: (geology) outcrop.

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Characters and stroke order

矿 kuàng
mine; mineral, ore
radical 112 ⽯ · 8 strokes
苗 miáo
sprouts; Miao nationality
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 矿苗.

WordPinyinMeaning
煤矿 (煤礦)méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam
矿产 (礦產)kuàng chǎnminerals
矿业 (礦業)kuàng yèmining industry
矿物 (礦物)kuàng wùmineral
采矿 (採礦)cǎi kuàngmining
矿山 (礦山)kuàng shānmine
疫苗yì miáovaccine
苗条 (苗條)miáo tiao(of a woman) slim; slender

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.