苗 — kanji meaning “seedling”
苗
seedling, sapling, shoot
- Meanings
- seedling, sapling, shoot
- On'yomi
- ビョウ (byou)、ミョウ (myou)
- Kun'yomi
- なえ、なわ-
- Name readings
- ねい、のら、みう、みつ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1713 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- miáo — Chinese character page
Words with 苗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苗字 | みょうじ myouji | surname; family name; last name |
| 苗木 | なえぎ naegi | seedling; sapling; young tree |
| 早苗 | さなえ sanae | rice seedling |
| 苗床 | なえどこ naedoko | seedbed; nursery; seed-plot |
| 種苗 | しゅびょう shubyou | seeds and seedlings |
| 育苗 | いくびょう ikubyou | raising seedlings |
| 苗代 | なわしろ nawashiro | rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings |
| 痘苗 | とうびょう toubyou | vaccine |
| 桑苗 | そうびょう soubyou | mulberry seedling |
| 苗売り人 | なえうりにん naeurinin | seedling peddler; nurseryman |
| 苗圃 | びょうほ byouho | seedbed; nursery |
| 苗裔 | びょうえい byouei | descendant |
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