Chinese symbol for “seedling”
种苗
zhǒng miáo
Traditional: 種苗
seedling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seedling is 种苗 (zhǒng miáo), defined as: seedling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seedling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秧苗 | yāng miáo | seedling; (esp.) rice seedling |
| 苗 | miáo | young plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 鱼苗 (yú miáo)) |
| 禾苗 | hé miáo | seedling (of rice or other grain); measure word: 棵 (kē) |
| 嫩苗 | nèn miáo | seedling; tender young shoot; sprout |
| 实生苗 (實生苗) | shí shēng miáo | seedling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 种苗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 这种 (這種) | zhè zhǒng | this kind of |
| 一种 (一種) | yī zhǒng | one kind of; one type of |
| 各种 (各種) | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 那种 (那種) | nà zhǒng | that kind of |
| 种种 (種種) | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of |
| 多种 (多種) | duō zhǒng | many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi- |
| 疫苗 | yì miáo | vaccine |
| 苗条 (苗條) | miáo tiao | (of a woman) slim; slender |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seedling”.
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.