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
苗头
miáotou
sign; indication; emerging tendency
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 监管部门一发现资金外流的苗头，就要求平台暂停相关业务。 Jiānguǎn bùmén yì fāxiàn zījīn wàiliú de miáotou, jiù yāoqiú píngtái zàntíng xiāngguān yèwù. As soon as regulators detected signs of capital outflow, they required the platform to suspend the related business.
- 老师发现孩子有厌学的苗头，就主动找家长聊了聊。 Lǎoshī fāxiàn háizi yǒu yàn xué de miáotou, jiù zhǔdòng zhǎo jiāzhǎng liáo le liáo. The teacher noticed signs that the child was losing interest in studying and took the initiative to talk with the parents.
- 天气转凉了，感冒的苗头最好早点处理。 Tiānqì zhuǎn liáng le, gǎnmào de miáotou zuìhǎo zǎodiǎn chǔlǐ. The weather has turned cool; it is best to deal with the first signs of a cold early.
Related words
- 禾苗 hémiáo grain seedlings; young cereal plants
- 苗 miáo seedling; young plant
- 苗条 miáotiao slim; slender
- 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
- 点头 diǎntóu to nod
- 里头 lǐtou inside
- 头 tóu head
- 头 tou place (noun suffix)
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 老头儿 lǎotóur old man
- 木头 mùtou wood