Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: seedling, sapling, shoot
Kunyomi: なえ なわ-
Onyomi: ビョウ ミョウ
Composition: 艹 田
Radical: 艸
Meaning: grass
苗 (ミャオ) Miao (people), Hmong
苗裔 (ビョウエイ) descendant
種苗 (シュビョウ) seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry
育苗 (イクビョウ) raising seedlings
苗字 (ミョウジ) surname, family name, last name
苗字帯刀 (ミョウジタイトウ) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
豆苗 (トウミョウ) pea sprouts
苗 (なえ) seedling, young plant, rice seedling
苗木 (なえぎ) seedling, sapling, young tree
早苗 (さなえ) rice seedling
花苗 (はななえ) flower seedling