Read Edit View history 苗 miáoMiáo HSK7 sprouts Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Sprouts are plants (艹) that rise from the field (田). Pinyin Separate values with commas miáo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苗 Simp strokes 苗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苗 Simp strokes 苗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 苗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 166, 615 ], [ 204, 606 ], [ 260, 606 ], [ 475, 636 ], [ 762, 661 ], [ 828, 656 ], [ 868, 640 ] ], [ [ 333, 758 ], [ 377, 724 ], [ 413, 488 ] ], [ [ 633, 821 ], [ 653, 811 ], [ 675, 777 ], [ 632, 621 ], [ 579, 485 ] ], [ [ 207, 426 ], [ 247, 392 ], [ 262, 360 ], [ 277, 271 ], [ 292, 108 ], [ 311, 40 ] ], [ [ 277, 412 ], [ 308, 394 ], [ 376, 402 ], [ 531, 426 ], [ 706, 465 ], [ 749, 467 ], [ 782, 448 ], [ 800, 428 ], [ 799, 414 ], [ 762, 149 ], [ 749, 91 ], [ 725, 51 ], [ 722, -9 ] ], [ [ 378, 244 ], [ 410, 242 ], [ 606, 271 ], [ 641, 263 ] ], [ [ 477, 401 ], [ 511, 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606 ], [ 475, 636 ], [ 762, 661 ], [ 828, 656 ], [ 868, 640 ] ], [ [ 333, 758 ], [ 377, 724 ], [ 413, 488 ] ], [ [ 633, 821 ], [ 653, 811 ], [ 675, 777 ], [ 632, 621 ], [ 579, 485 ] ], [ [ 207, 426 ], [ 247, 392 ], [ 262, 360 ], [ 277, 271 ], [ 292, 108 ], [ 311, 40 ] ], [ [ 277, 412 ], [ 308, 394 ], [ 376, 402 ], [ 531, 426 ], [ 706, 465 ], [ 749, 467 ], [ 782, 448 ], [ 800, 428 ], [ 799, 414 ], [ 762, 149 ], [ 749, 91 ], [ 725, 51 ], [ 722, -9 ] ], [ [ 378, 244 ], [ 410, 242 ], [ 606, 271 ], [ 641, 263 ] ], [ [ 477, 401 ], [ 511, 369 ], [ 508, 129 ], [ 493, 112 ] ], [ [ 333, 57 ], [ 349, 72 ], [ 392, 77 ], [ 570, 95 ], [ 694, 97 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 658 625 Q 733 634 859 624 Q 875 621 882 632 Q 888 645 873 661 Q 819 710 732 687 Q 705 684 677 678 L 617 670 Q 523 658 417 646 L 368 641 Q 274 634 174 624 Q 141 621 164 604 Q 207 573 272 582 Q 324 595 375 602 L 419 609 Q 464 621 605 623 L 658 625 Z", "M 417 646 Q 413 692 412 732 Q 413 753 393 759 Q 353 783 327 774 Q 308 765 323 744 Q 357 696 368 641 L 375 602 Q 381 560 384 522 Q 390 500 403 485 Q 416 472 422 485 Q 426 501 419 609 L 417 646 Z", "M 677 678 Q 690 717 717 765 Q 733 781 721 794 Q 706 813 667 832 Q 648 842 628 832 Q 616 825 626 812 Q 642 772 617 670 L 605 623 Q 568 503 569 485 Q 570 469 589 482 Q 607 497 658 625 L 677 678 Z", "M 268 414 Q 243 430 214 438 Q 207 441 201 435 Q 191 428 202 416 Q 253 331 260 130 Q 261 64 301 31 Q 302 30 307 27 Q 325 23 328 51 L 327 87 Q 324 109 318 136 Q 294 365 294 371 C 291 400 291 400 268 414 Z", "M 669 76 Q 679 48 704 -6 Q 711 -25 723 -24 Q 739 -21 751 6 Q 791 82 799 186 Q 809 250 817 325 Q 823 379 848 412 Q 867 434 853 448 Q 828 472 777 495 Q 756 505 720 493 Q 623 459 513 438 Q 413 423 268 414 C 238 412 264 368 294 371 Q 304 370 316 372 Q 382 385 470 401 L 513 409 Q 592 424 690 439 Q 730 446 747 428 Q 757 410 757 391 Q 753 253 721 120 Q 718 96 708 94 C 695 67 658 104 669 76 Z", "M 535 241 Q 587 248 636 251 Q 661 254 653 268 Q 643 284 616 290 Q 579 296 537 283 L 485 273 Q 427 263 377 254 Q 359 251 379 234 Q 392 224 418 227 Q 451 231 486 235 L 535 241 Z", "M 530 108 Q 531 180 535 241 L 537 283 Q 537 332 541 360 Q 548 387 513 409 C 488 426 458 429 470 401 Q 482 382 485 281 Q 484 278 485 273 L 486 235 Q 486 183 487 103 C 487 73 530 78 530 108 Z", "M 328 51 Q 332 51 338 51 Q 444 70 669 76 C 699 77 734 79 708 94 Q 707 94 668 118 Q 650 128 530 108 L 487 103 Q 402 94 327 87 C 297 84 298 50 328 51 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.