苗
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young plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 魚苗|鱼苗[yu2 miao2]); (bound form) offspring; descendant; (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗頭|苗头[miao2 tou5], 礦苗|矿苗[kuang4 miao2]); (bound form) vaccine
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 苗
- Common rank
- #1,054
- Unicode
- U+82D7
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
seedling · Heisig RSH #235
田 rice field + brains + flower — as a component also called: tomato seedling
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 苗
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印江土家族苗族自治县 | Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizh… | |
| 城步苗族自治县 | Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 秀山土家族苗族自治县 | Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 麻阳苗族自治县 | Mayang Miao Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 文山壮族苗族自治州 | Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3… | |
| 融水苗族自治县 | Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, in Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 彭水苗族土家族自治县 | Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in southeastern Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 紫云苗族布依族自治县 | Ziyun Miao and Buyei Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 镇宁布依族苗族自治县 | Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 湘西土家族苗族自治州 | Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 屏边苗族自治县 | Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河… | |
| 松桃苗族自治县 | Songtao Miao Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 关岭布依族苗族自治县 | Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 | Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County, in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 实生苗 | seedling | |
| 酉阳土家族苗族自治县 | Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 别苗头 | (dialect) to compete with; to pit oneself against | |
| 黔西南布依族苗族自治州 | Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 She… | |
| 单根独苗 | an only child |
Sound family
These characters use 苗 as their sound component — compare how they read.