苗 (miu4 | miao2) : seedling; shoot; young plant

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苗

miu4

miao2

[1] seedling; shoot; young plant
[2] sth resembling a young plant
[3] young of some domestic animals
[4] Miao ethnic group

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

苗

This word has been viewed 7364 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Mar 2014 06:23

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獨苗 duk6 miu4 du2 miao2 = only child; sole scion

禾苗 wo4 miu4 he2 miao2 = rice seedling, grain crop seedling

豆苗 dau6 miu4 dou4 miao2 = pea shoots; pea sprouts

苗圃 miu4 pou2 miao2 pu3 = nursery

卡介苗 kaa1 gaai3 miu4 = Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)/Calmette's vaccine

卡介苗針 kaa1 gaai3 miu4 zam1 = BCG vaccine

三合一疫苗 saam1 hap6 jat1 jik6 miu4 san1 he2 yi1 yi4 miao2 = DTP vaccination

疫苗 jik6 miu4 yi4 miao2 = vaccine

保苗 bou2 miu4 bao3 miao2 = keep a full stand of seedlings

流感疫苗 lau4 gam2 jik6 miu4 liu2 gan3 yi4 miao2 = flu shot; influenza vaccination
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 苗
Unicode code for this character: U+82d7 (off-site link)

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