苗

苗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

seedling, sapling, shoot

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

On (Sino-Japanese)

Kun (native)

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹田

苗なえ（なえ）芽が出て間もない移植用の草木。特に、稲の苗。seedling, young plant, rice seedling
苗木なえぎ「なえぎ」の漢字表記。seedling, sapling, young tree
苗字みょうじ姓氏。姓。surname, family name, last name
苗床なえどこ「なえどこ」参照。seedbed, nursery, seed-plot
苗ミャオ（なえ）芽が出て間もない移植用の草木。特に、稲の苗。Miao (people), Hmong
苗代なわしろ「なわしろ」参照。「なえしろ」参照。rice nursery, bed for rice seedlings
苗圃びょうほ草木の苗を育てるための畑。seedbed, nursery
苗裔びょうえいdescendant
苗水なわみずwater for a rice nursery
苗族ミャオぞくMiao (people), Hmong
苗畑なえばたけfield of seedlings (rice, trees, etc.)
苗頭びょうとうdeflection (gunnery)
苗条びょうじょう植物の葉と茎の総称。shoot
苗代苺なわしろいちごnative raspberry (Rubus parvifolius)
苗代時なわしろどきtime to prepare a rice nursery
苗売り人なえうりにんseedling peddler, nurseryman
苗字帯刀みょうじたいとうright to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
苗代茱萸なわしろぐみsilverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens), thorny elaeagnus, thorny olive

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.