苗 – seedling, sapling, shoot

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1713 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 苗 means seedling, sapling, shoot. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビョウ、ミョウ (byou, myou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なえ、なわ- (nae, nawa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビョウ	byou
On’yomi	ミョウ	myou
Kun’yomi	なえ	nae
Kun’yomi	なわ-	nawa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 田・艾.

Words using 苗

苗なえseedling

Example sentences

彼は種からトマトの苗を育てた。

He raised tomato plants from seed.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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