苗 miáo
adjective
: sprouts
: Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
Kun Reading
苗 | なえ nae
noun
: seedling
On Reading
苗 | びょう byou
noun
: Miao (people); Hmong
苗 | ミャオ myao
noun
: Miao (people); Hmong
みょう myou
Usage:
苗族 miao2zu2: Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
苗頭[头] miao2tou2: circumstances
豆苗 dou4miao2: pea shoots; bean seedling
苗條[条] miao2tiao: (of a woman) slim; slender; graceful
苗族 miao2zu2: Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
[ミャオぞく myao zoku: Miao (people); Hmong]
苗頭[头] miao2tou2: circumstances
[苗頭 | びょうとう byoutou: deflection (gunnery)]
苗子 miao2zi: young successor; seedling; sapling
樹[树]苗 shu4miao2: sapling
禾苗 he2miao2: seedling (of rice or other grain)
疫苗 yi4miao2: vaccine
保苗 bao3miao2: keep a full stand of seedlings
出苗 chu1miao2: to sprout; to come out (of seedling); to bud
豆苗 dou4miao2: pea shoots; bean seedling
[トーミョウ toomyou OR とうみょう toumyou: pea sprouts]
蒜苗 suan4miao2: garlic shoot; garlic sprouts
[蒜 OR 大蒜 | にんにく ninniku: garlic (edible plant, Allium sativum)]
Japanese common word | expression
苗字 | みょうじ myouji: surname; family name
苗字帯刀 | みょうじたいとう myouji taitou
: the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
Chinese expression
單根獨苗 [单根独苗] dan1 gen1 du2 miao2
: an only child
Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Grass 艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) from the
field 田 (tian2: field).
会意 Associative Compound.
Grass 艹 (cao3: grass radical 140) from the
field 田 (tian2: field).
Look-alike:
昔 xi1: former times; the past; ancient
[kun: むかし mukashi. on: せき seki]
Examples:
保護樹苗是我們的責任。
bao3hu4 shu4miao2 shi4 wo3men de ze2ren4
It’s our duty to protect the saplings.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
