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The Kanji Map

Kanji

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

苗

Radical

Radical: 艸

Meaning: grass

Reading: くさ

艸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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) right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

豆苗 (トウミョウ) pea sprouts

Kunyomi Examples

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

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