苗 = 田 + 艹

苗 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “seedling”. It is built from 田 (rice field) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 249. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: seedling
RTK frame: 249
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ビョウ, ミョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): なえ, なわ-
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: саженец
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 苗 sprouts

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 苗

How to find 苗 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “mugwort”. 苗 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 苗 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.