苗

seedling

Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingビョウ、ミョウ

Kun readingなえ、なわ-

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

seedlingRtK
彼は種からトマトの苗を育てた。He raised tomato plants from seed.tatoeba
冬の間は苗を鉢植えにする。The young plants are potted during the winter.tatoeba
sapling
トムはメアリーの苗字を知らなかった。Tom didn't know what Mary's last name was.tatoeba
shoot

young plant
rice seedling

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass

Components

How it's built

苗

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

flowers (艹) · rice field (田) · brains

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 249

Compound words

池田菊苗いけだきくなえ

Kikunae Ikeda (1864–1936), chemist who identified umami as a taste and isolated glutamate.

苗床なえどこ

seedbed; nursery; seed-plot

苗木なえぎ

seedling; sapling; young tree

苗字みょうじ

surname; family name; last name

育苗いくびょう

raising seedlings

芋苗ずいき

桑苗そうびょう

mulberry seedling

種苗しゅびょう

seeds and seedlings

痘苗とうびょう

苗代なわしろ

苗圃びょうほ

苗裔びょうえい

早苗饗さなぶり

celebration for the end of rice planting

磚子苗くぐ

Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)

苗代茱萸なわしろぐみ

silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens)

苗売り人なえうりにん

seedling peddler

Additional Examples

トムはメアリーに苗字を訊いた。

Tom asked Mary what her last name was.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 苗

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step