苗

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

Translingual

Han character

苗 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 5, page 3191, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+82D7

Chinese
trad. 苗
simp. # 苗

Glyph origin
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

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

Pronunciation

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

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
  • (descendant):
Synonyms of 苗
  • (symptom of a trend):

Compounds
Derived terms from 苗

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 苗 – see 鱙.
(This character, 苗, is a variant form of 鱙.)

References

Japanese

Kanji
苗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. seedling; young plant

Readings

Etymology
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

Hanja

苗 (eumhun 모 묘 (mo myo))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

苗: Hán Nôm readings: meo, miêu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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