JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 苗: "seedling, sapling, shoot"
The kanji 苗 means "seedling, sapling, shoot". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ビョウ, ミョウ in on'yomi and なえ, なわ- in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ビョウミョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なえなわ-
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | seedling, sapling, shoot |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1713 of 2,501 |
Common words with 苗
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 苗字surname; family name; last name
- 苗seedling; young plant · rice seedling
- 早苗rice seedling
- 苗木seedling; sapling; young tree
- 苗床seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
- 苗Miao (people); Hmong
- 苗代rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
- 種苗seeds and seedlings · eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry
- 豆苗pea sprouts
- 苗字帯刀right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 育苗raising seedlings
- 苗裔descendant
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