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
苗
miáo
seedling; young plant
Character
Example phrases
- 科研人员把耐旱水稻苗移入试验田，观察它们在高温下的生长反应。 Kēyán rényuán bǎ nàihàn shuǐdào miáo yírù shìyàntián, guānchá tāmen zài gāowēn xià de shēngzhǎng fǎnyìng. Researchers moved drought-resistant rice seedlings into the experimental field to observe their growth response under high temperatures.
- 农民正在田里插稻苗，天气又热又潮。 Nóngmín zhèngzài tián lǐ chā dào miáo, tiānqì yòu rè yòu cháo. Farmers are planting rice seedlings in the field; the weather is hot and humid.
- 小树苗刚种下去，要每天浇水。 Xiǎo shùmiáo gāng zhòng xià qù, yào měitiān jiāo shuǐ. The little sapling has just been planted and must be watered every day.
Related words
- 禾苗 hémiáo grain seedlings; young cereal plants
- 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
- 嫩 nèn tender; young; inexperienced
- 泥土 nítǔ soil; earth
- 茎 jīng stem; stalk
- 圈 juàn pen; enclosure; fold
- 萌芽 méngyá to sprout; germination; bud
- 牧民 mùmín herder; pastoralist
- 萌发 méngfā to sprout; to germinate; to emerge