禾 hé
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
禾苗
hémiáo
grain seedlings; young cereal plants
Characters in this word
苗 miáo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 干旱持续三周后，田里的禾苗明显发黄，灌溉计划必须提前。 Gānhàn chíxù sān zhōu hòu, tián lǐ de hémiáo míngxiǎn fāhuáng, guàngài jìhuà bìxū tíqián. After three weeks of drought, the seedlings in the fields had clearly turned yellow, so the irrigation plan had to be brought forward.
- 春雨过后，田里的禾苗长得又高又绿。 Chūnyǔ guòhòu, tián li de hémiáo zhǎng de yòu gāo yòu lǜ. After the spring rain, the seedlings in the fields grew tall and green.
- 农民每天都到地里看看禾苗有没有被虫子吃掉。 Nóngmín měitiān dōu dào dì li kànkan hémiáo yǒu méiyǒu bèi chóngzi chīdiào. Every day the farmer goes to the field to see whether insects have eaten the seedlings.
Related words
- 苗 miáo seedling; young plant
- 苗条 miáotiao slim; slender
- 苗头 miáotou sign; indication; emerging tendency
- 揠苗助长 yàmiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm; to try to help shoots grow by pulling them up
- 疫苗 yìmiáo vaccine
- 谷物 gǔwù grain; cereal crop
- 发芽 fāyá to sprout; to germinate
- 稻草 dàocǎo rice straw; straw
- 海藻 hǎizǎo seaweed; algae
- 采 cǎi to pick; to gather; to collect
- 丛林 cónglín jungle; dense forest
- 采摘 cǎizhāi to pick; to harvest by hand