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IDENTITY

miáosprout; seedling

HSK 4Top 950

CORE MEANING

sprout; seedling

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.sprout; seedlingHSK4

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
grass radical (cǎo)
strokes
8
Structure
top-bottom compound
IDS sequence
⿱艹田
    • plants
    • field

USAGE

Common words

树苗shùmiáosapling
禾苗hémiáograin seedlings
火苗huǒmiáoflame

Graded examples

  • 春天种下小树苗。Chūntiān zhòng xià xiǎo shùmiáo.HSK5

    Plant little saplings in spring.

RELATIONS

In these chengyu

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A plant (艹) sprouting in the field (田) — the seedling.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#950
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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