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

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

References

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

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／会意) : 艸 (“grass”) + 田 (“field”).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): miao²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): miu⁴

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

(Meixian, Guangdong): miau²
Jin (Wiktionary): miau¹
Northern Min (KCR): miâu
Eastern Min (BUC): mièu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): biâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): miou⁵ / miao⁵ / bhiê⁵ / bhio⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶miau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): miau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Yale: myáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáor
  - Wade–Giles: miao²-ʼrh
  - Yale: myáur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaul
  - Palladius: мяор (mjaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: miao²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: miao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶miau
  - MiniDict: miau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³miau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: miau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɒu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjew

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

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

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

(descendant):

下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
仔孫／仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
囝孫／囝孙 (Min)
子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn)
子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
孫子／孙子 (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)
根 (gēn) (figurative)
緒餘／绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
餘緒／余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

(symptom of a trend):

徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
意思
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

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
苗瑤語族／苗瑶语族
苗田
苗疆 (Miáojiāng)
苗稼
苗米
苗緒／苗绪
苗而不秀
苗胄
苗胤 (miáoyìn)
苗脈／苗脉
苗茨
苗薑／苗姜
苗薅
苗裔 (miáoyì)
苗語／苗语 (miáoyǔ)
苗頭／苗头 (miáotou)
草苗
荻苗
蒜苗 (suànmiáo)
蒐苗
蟶苗／蛏苗
見世生苗／见世生苗
豆苗 (dòumiáo)
豌豆苗
買青苗／买青苗
蹲苗
遐苗
遺苗／遗苗
金苗
鈍根苗／钝根苗
銀苗／银苗
銀苗菜／银苗菜
鋤苗／锄苗
閒苗／闲苗
雲苗／云苗
露苗 (lòumiáo)
靈苗／灵苗
青苗 (qīngmiáo)
青苗法
青苗錢／青苗钱
食苗
養苗／养苗
餘苗／余苗
魚苗／鱼苗 (yúmiáo)
麥苗／麦苗 (màimiáo)
黍苗
黎苗
鼠苗
鼻苗

Etymology 2

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

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

苗

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

seedling; young plant

Readings

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

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))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

苗: Hán Nôm readings: meo, miêu

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