苗

苗	U+82D7, 苗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D7

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]

㑤, 喵, 媌, 庿, 描, 渵, 瞄, 緢, 貓 (猫), 錨 (锚), 鶓, (鹋), 𠪄, 𣈴, 𣬍, 𤋙

References[edit]

KangXi: 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): 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]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ

(Chengdu, SP): miao²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): miu⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): miau³
Gan (Wiktionary): mieu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): miau²
Jin (Wiktionary): miau¹
Min Bei (KCR): miâu
Min Dong (BUC): mièu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): biâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): miou⁵ / miao⁵ / bhiê⁵ / bhio⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): miau (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): miau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: miáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaul
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáor
  - Wade–Giles: miaorh²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: miao²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: miao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁴
  - Yale: mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: miau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiau²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛu³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: meuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu²
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: miau²
  - Sinological IPA: /miau¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: miau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /miau¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu
  - Tâi-lô: biâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: miou⁵ / miao⁵ / bhiê⁵ / bhio⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miôu / miâu / biê / biô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miou⁵⁵/, /miau⁵⁵/, /bie⁵⁵/, /bio⁵⁵/

Note:

miou5, bhiê5 - Chaozhou;
miao5, bhio5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang;
miou5/miao5 - surname.

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: miau (T3)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɔ²³/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: miau²
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɒu¹³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇu/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aw/

(Zhengzhang): /*mrew/

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

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
shoot-like object
火苗 ― huǒmiáo ― tongue of flame
descendant (of a family); offspring
獨苗 / 独苗 ― dúmiáo ― only child
symptom (of a trend)
苗頭 / 苗头 ― miáotóu ― symptom of a trend; first signs

礦苗 / 矿苗 ― kuàngmiáo ― outcrop
young (of an animal)
魚苗 / 鱼苗 ― yúmiáo ― fry (young fish)
Short for 疫苗 (yìmiáo, “vaccine”).
卡介苗 ― kǎjièmiáo ― Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine
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
A surname.
苗翠花 ― Miáo Cuìhuā ― Miu Tsui-fa (mother of fictional martial artist Fong Sai-yuk)

Synonyms[edit]

(descendant):

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Synonyms of 苗

仔孫／仔孙 (Cantonese)
兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
囝孫／囝孙 (Min)
子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn)
子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)

孫子／孙子 (sūnzi) (literary)
後人／后人 (hòurén)
後代／后代 (hòudài)
後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì)
後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)

後裔／后裔 (hòuyì)
緒餘／绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
餘緒／余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

(symptom of a trend):

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徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing)
意思 (yìsi)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)

眉目 (méimu)
端倪 (duānní)
線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)

跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 苗

三苗 (Sānmiáo)
事苗
互別苗頭／互别苗头
保苗 (bǎomiáo)
全苗
出苗 (chūmiáo)
別苗頭／别苗头 (biémiáotóu)
卡介苗 (kǎjièmiáo)
口是心苗
口服疫苗
嘉苗
場苗／场苗
壯苗／壮苗
夏苗
嫩苗
孽苗
定苗
寶苗／宝苗
山苗
幼苗 (yòumiáo)
心苗
恩施土家族苗族自治州 (Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)
情苗
愁苗
拔苗助長／拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng)
括苗
揠苗
揠苗助長／揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng)
放青苗 (fàngqīngmiáo)
新苗
旱苗 (hànmiáo)
旱苗得雨
昆苗
時苗／时苗
月苗苗
有根有苗
有苗
有苗頭／有苗头
村苗
枝苗
枯苗
根苗 (gēnmiáo)
格苗
條苗／条苗
植苗
楚苗
樹苗／树苗 (shùmiáo)
沙克疫苗
沙賓疫苗／沙宾疫苗
油苗

活性疫苗
混合疫苗
漢苗／汉苗
火苗 (huǒmiáo)
煙苗／烟苗
熟苗
燈苗／灯苗
牛痘苗 (niúdòumiáo)
牻牛兒苗／牻牛儿苗
狆苗
獨根苗／独根苗
獨苗／独苗 (dúmiáo)
獨苗苗／独苗苗
玉苗
玉雞苗／玉鸡苗
現世生苗／现世生苗
生苗
田苗
疫苗 (yìmiáo)
痘苗 (dòumiáo)
白喉疫苗
直苗苗
礦苗／矿苗
禍苗／祸苗
禾苗 (hémiáo)
秋苗
秧苗 (yāngmiáo)
稻苗 (dàomiáo)
窮苗苦根／穷苗苦根
箭苗
老苗
育苗 (yùmiáo)
花苗 (huāmiáo)
苗人 (miáorén)
苗信
苗兒／苗儿
苗嗣
苗圃 (miáopǔ)
苗子 (miáozi)
苗床 (miáochuáng)
苗扈
苗文
苗族 (Miáozú)
苗木 (miáomù)
苗末
苗栗 (Miáolì)
苗條／苗条 (miáotiáo)
苗民
苗父
苗狩

Etymology 2[edit]

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

References[edit]

“苗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

苗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Seedling; young plant

Readings[edit]

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
Kun: なえ (nae, 苗, Jōyō); なわ (nawa, 苗, Jōyō ^†); かり (kari)

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 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

苗: Hán Nôm readings: meo, miêu

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苗

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Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

References[edit]

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苗

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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