苗

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苗 U+82D7, 苗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D7
← 苖
[U+82D6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 苘 →
[U+82D8]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 苗
simp. # 苗

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 苗
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script
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／会意): 艸 (“grass”) + 田 (“field”).

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • miou5, bhiê5 - Chaozhou;
  • miao5, bhio5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang;
  • miou5/miao5 - surname.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 苗
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 宵 (92)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 武瀌切
    Baxter mjew
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		miu4
    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[edit]

    苗

    1. seedling; shoot; sprout (Classifier: 株; 根)
      麥苗／麦苗  ―  màimiáo  ―  wheat seedling
      蒜苗  ―  suànmiáo  ―  garlic shoot
      間苗／间苗  ―  jiànmiáo  ―  to thin out seedlings
    2. shoot-like object
      火苗  ―  huǒmiáo  ―  tongue of flame
    3. descendant (of a family); offspring
      獨苗／独苗  ―  dúmiáo  ―  only child
    4. symptom (of a trend)
      苗頭／苗头  ―  miáotóu  ―  symptom of a trend; first signs
      礦苗／矿苗  ―  kuàngmiáo  ―  outcrop
    5. young (of an animal)
      魚苗／鱼苗  ―  yúmiáo  ―  fry (young fish)
    6. Short for 疫苗 (yìmiáo, “vaccine”).
      卡介苗  ―  kǎjièmiáo  ―  Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine
    7. the Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.)
      苗語／苗语  ―  miáoyǔ  ―  Miao languages
      苗繡／苗绣  ―  miáoxiù  ―  Miao embroidery
    8. a surname
      苗翠花  ―  Miáo Cuìhuā  ―  Miu Tsui-fa (mother of fictional martial artist Fong Sai-yuk)
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (descendant):
    • (symptom of a trend):

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 苗 – see 鱙.
    (This character, 苗, is a variant form of 鱙.)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    苗

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. seedling; young plant

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    苗
    なえ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 苗 – see the following entry.
    【なえ】
    [noun] seedling; young plant
    (This term, 苗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    苗 (eumhun 모 묘 (mo myo))

    1. Hanja form? of 묘 (“sprouts”).
    2. Hanja form? of 묘 (“Miao people”).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    苗: Hán Nôm readings: meo, miêu

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