Kanji 苗: "seedling, sapling, shoot"

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

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

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.

• 苗みょう字じsurname; family name; last name
• 苗なえseedling; young plant · rice seedling
• 早さ苗なえrice seedling
• 苗なえ木ぎseedling; sapling; young tree
• 苗なえ床どこseedbed; nursery; seed-plot
• 苗ミャオMiao (people); Hmong
• 苗なわ代しろrice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
• 種しゅ苗びょうseeds and seedlings · eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry
• 豆とう苗みょうpea sprouts
• 苗みょう字じ帯たい刀とうright to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
• 育いく苗びょうraising seedlings
• 苗びょう裔えいdescendant

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