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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ミャオ Miao (people), Hmong

ビョウエイ descendant

シュビョウ seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry

イクビョウ raising seedlings

ミョウジ surname, family name, last name

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)

トウミョウ pea sprouts

Kunyomi Examples

なえ seedling, young plant, rice seedling

なえぎ seedling, sapling, young tree

さなえ rice seedling

はななえ flower seedling