Chinese Character Wiki
苗

miáo

sprouts

Sprouts are plants (艹) that rise from the field (田).

Components
艹 iconic component

艹  Iconic component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

田 iconic component

田  Iconic component

tián

  

field

Evolution

苗 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
苗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
苗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

苗  

miáo

sprouts; Miao nationality; sprout

苗  

Miáo

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China; surname Miao

Most common words with 苗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

疫苗

vaccine

苗

sprout

苗条

slender

苗头

first signs

火苗

flame

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (3 verified)

描 猫 貓 瞄 錨 锚 喵 鶓 鹋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)aw

mjew

miáo

sprout (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.2608% of movies

2358th most common character in movies

1920th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+82D7

Shuowen

“苗，艸生於田者。从艸，从田。”


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