Moto 苗: Seedling; Sapling; ShootKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ビョウ、ミョウ
- Kun'yomi
- なえ、なわ-
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 31 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ビョウ・ミョウ)
- 種苗しゅびょうseeds and seedlings
- 育苗いくびょうraising seedlings
- 苗字みょうじsurname; family name
- 桑苗そうびょうmulberry seedling
- 痘苗とうびょうvaccine
- 苗圃びょうほseedbed; nursery
- 苗字帯刀みょうじたいとうthe right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 苗条びょうじょうshoot
- 苗裔びょうえいdescendant
- 苗頭びょうとうdeflection (gunnery)
- 豆苗とうみょうpea sprouts
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 苗なえseedling; young plant
- 苗木なえぎseedling; sapling
- 早苗さなえrice seedling
- 苗床なえどこseedbed; nursery
- 早苗月さなえづきfifth lunar month
- 早苗鳥さなえどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 玉苗たまなえrice seedling
- 苗代なわしろrice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
- 苗代時なわしろどきtime to prepare a rice nursery
- 苗代苺なわしろいちごnative raspberry (Rubus parvifolius)
- 苗売り人なえうりにんseedling peddler; nurseryman
- 苗水なわみずwater for a rice nursery
- 苗畑なえばたけfield of rice seedlings
Other readings
- 兎児尾苗るりとらのおbeach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
- 磚子苗くぐPacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
- 芋苗ずいきtaro stem
- 苗代胡頽子なわしろぐみsilverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus
- 苗代茱萸なわしろぐみsilverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus
- 苗族ミャオぞくMiao (people); Hmong
- 苗語ミャオごMiao (language); Hmong
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