JLPT N18画 · 8 strokesradical 艸freq #1713Jōyō kanjiSpecified Skilled Worker: Agriculture
seedling, sapling, shoot
On'yomi (音読み)
- ビョウ
- ミョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- なえ
- なわ-
About this kanji
The kanji 苗, pronounced as "なえ" (nae) in kun'yomi and "ビョウ" (byou) or "ミョウ" (myou) in on'yomi, primarily means "seedling" or "sapling". It is often used as a noun. A common compound is 苗木 (なえぎ), meaning "seedling", which refers to young plants ready for planting. Another important word is 苗字 (みょうじ), which means "surname". There’s also 早苗 (さなえ), referring to rice seedlings, essential in farming. This kanji emphasizes growth and new beginnings, often representing the early stages of life or development.
Example sentences
新しい苗を植えた。
I planted new seedlings.
Meanings across languages
- English
- seedling, sapling, shoot
- Tiếng Việt
- cây giống
- 日本語
- 苗
- 한국어
- 묘목
- 中文
- 苗
- id
- bibit, tunas, semen
- th
- ต้นกล้า, ยอด, ยอดอ่อน
- es
- plántula, vástago
- fr
- plantule, jeune pousse, tige
- de
- Setzling, Sämling, Trieb
- pt
- muda, rebento, broto
Common compounds
- 苗木seedling, sapling, young tree
- 苗字surname, family name, last name
- 種苗seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry
- 早苗rice seedling
- 育苗raising seedlings
- 苗床seedbed, nursery, seed-plot
- 桑苗mulberry seedling
- 痘苗vaccine
Words using this kanji
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