苗
苗 — Seedling
seedling, sapling, shoot
On’yomiビョウ (byou)
On’yomiミョウ (myou)
Kun’yomiなえ (nae)
Kun’yomiなわ- (nawa)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 苗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苗 | なえ nae | seedling; young plant; rice seedling |
| 苗木 | なえぎ naegi | seedling; sapling; young tree |
| 苗字 | みょうじ myouji | surname; family name; last name |
| 種苗 | しゅびょう shubyou | seeds and seedlings; eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry |
| 早苗 | さなえ sanae | rice seedling |
| 育苗 | いくびょう ikubyou | raising seedlings |
Study notes
苗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1713 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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