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Miáo
HSK 7freq #10956

Meanings

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Miáo
  1. 1.surname Miao
  2. 2.Miao ethnic group
miáo
  1. 1.sprout

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.young plant (e.g. seedling, sapling); shoot arising from the ground (Classifier: 株; 根)
  2. 2.shoot-like object
  3. 3.descendant (of a family); offspring
  4. 4.symptom (of a trend)
  5. 5.young (of an animal)
  6. 6.the Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.)
  7. 7.a surname

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 艸 (“grass”) + 田 (“field”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT); see 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”) for more cognates.

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Components

苗卄田

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Synonyms

嫩苗小苗幼植幼苗新苗樹栽树栽樹秧树秧樹苗树苗樹苗苗树苗苗秧秧仔秧子秧苗芽苗苗子苗木下輩下辈仔孫仔孙兒孫儿孙囝孫囝孙子孫子孙

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Derived terms

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Related words

疫苗 vaccine苗条 (of a woman) slim苗头 first signs禾苗 seedling (of rice or other grain)苗裔 offspring保苗 to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop豆苗 pea shoots苗圃 plant nursery稻苗 rice seedling苗族 Miao ethnic group间苗 thinning out seedlings苗木 sapling; young tree (esp. nursery-grown)