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苗

苗

Translingual

Han character

苗 (radical 140 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿田 (TW), four-corner 44600, composition ⿱艹田)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1022, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30781
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3191, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+82D7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 苗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貓 *mreːw, *mrew
描 *mreːw, *mrew
媌 *mreːw, *mreːwʔ
緢 *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
苗 *mrew
猫 *mrew
庿 *mrews

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  艹 +  田.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 苗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 武瀌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /miaw/
Li
Rong		 /mjɛu/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miáo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 苗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 miáo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjew ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m(r)aw/
English sprout (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 苗
Reading # 1/1
No. 9108
Phonetic
component		 苗
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 苗
Old
Chinese		 /*mrew/

Definitions

苗

  1. seedling; shoot; sprout
  2. shoot-like object
  3. descendant (of a family); offspring
  4. symptom (of a trend)
  5. young (of an animal)
  6. Short for 疫苗 (yìmiáo, “vaccine”).
  7. the Hmong/Miao people

Compounds

  • 三苗
  • 互別苗頭／互别苗头
  • 出苗
  • 別苗頭／别苗头
  • 卡介苗 (kǎjièmiáo)
  • 口服疫苗
  • 夏苗
  • 嫩苗
  • 定苗
  • 幼苗 (yòumiáo)
  • 心苗
  • 拔苗助長／拔苗助长
  • 揠苗助長／揠苗助长
  • 放青苗
  • 旱苗 (hànmiáo)
  • 旱苗得雨
  • 有苗頭／有苗头
  • 根苗
  • 植苗
  • 樹苗／树苗
  • 沙克疫苗
  • 沙賓疫苗／沙宾疫苗
  • 油苗
  • 活性疫苗
  • 混合疫苗
  • 火苗
  • 煙苗／烟苗
  • 熟苗
  • 燈苗／灯苗
  • 牛痘苗
  • 牻牛兒苗／牻牛儿苗
  • 生苗
  • 疫苗 (yìmiáo)
  • 痘苗 (dòumiáo)
  • 白喉疫苗
  • 礦苗／矿苗
  • 禾苗 (hémiáo)
  • 秧苗 (yāngmiáo)
  • 稻苗
  • 育苗 (yùmiáo)
  • 花苗
  • 苗人
  • 苗信
  • 苗兒／苗儿
  • 苗圃 (miáopǔ)
  • 苗子 (miáozi)
  • 苗床 (miáochuáng)
  • 苗文
  • 苗族 (Miáozú)
  • 苗木
  • 苗栗市
  • 苗栗縣／苗栗县
  • 苗條／苗条 (miáotiao)
  • 苗民
  • 苗瑤語族／苗瑶语族
  • 苗田
  • 苗疆
  • 苗而不秀
  • 苗裔 (miáoyì)
  • 苗語／苗语 (miáoyǔ)
  • 苗頭／苗头
  • 蒜苗
  • 豆苗 (dòumiáo)
  • 買青苗／买青苗
  • 銀苗／银苗
  • 露苗
  • 青苗
  • 青苗法
  • 魚苗／鱼苗 (yúmiáo)
  • 麥苗／麦苗
  • 黍苗
  • 黎苗

Japanese

Kanji

苗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

苗 • ‎(myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

苗 (meo, miêu)

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