IDENTITY
苗miáosprout; seedling
HSK 4Top 950
CORE MEANING
sprout; seedling
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.sprout; seedlingHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 艹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
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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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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