| Chinese Text Project |
| 苗 U+82D7 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 𡩈 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 艸+ 5 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.150#10 Kangxi: p.1022#28 Cihai: p.1129r2c01 GSR: 1159.a Hanyu: v5,p3191#02 |
| Composition: | Top: 艹, bottom: 田. Component of: 𠪄 𠣯 㑤 猫 𪣲 庿 喵 媌 描 渵 𦱓 𣬍 锚 𤋙 鹋 𣈴 𤚐 瞄 𫳝 䅦 [More] |
| Mandarin: | miáo ㄇㄧㄠˊ |
| Cantonese: | miu4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | myɛu |
| Shuowen: | 《艸部》苗：艸生於田者。从艸从田。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·宵·苗》苗：田苗亦夏獵曰苗又求也，衆也，禾秀也，亦姓風俗通云楚大夫伯棼之後賁皇奔晉食采於苗因而氏焉。武瀌切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·艸部·五》苗：〔古文〕𡩈《唐韻》武儦切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》眉鑣切，𠀤音描。《說文》草生于田者，榖曰苗。凡草初生亦曰苗。《詩·王風》彼黍離離，彼稷之苗。《魏風》碩䑕碩䑕，無食我苗。《註》嘉穀也。又《爾雅·釋天》夏獵曰苗。《註》爲苗除害也。《詩·小雅》之子于苗，𨕖徒囂囂。又《書·舜典》𥨥三苗于三危。《史記·夏本紀註》《神異經》：西荒中有人焉，面目手足皆人形，而胳下有翼，不能飛，爲人饕餮，淫𨓜無理，名曰苗民。又《博雅》衆也。《後漢·鄧皇后紀》損膳解驂，以贍黎苗。又胤也。《屈原·離騷》帝高陽之苗裔兮。《後漢·𡨥恂傳》功臣苗緒。又地名。《左傳·襄二十六年》晉人與之苗。《註》苗，晉地。又山名。《淮南子·修務訓》苗山之鋌。《註》苗山，利金所出也。又姓。《晉語》苗棼皇，晉大夫。又《韻補》眉彪切，音繆。《韓愈·楚國夫人墓銘》高陵相漢，義以家酬。遷于南陽，始自郞苗。 |
| Fanqie: | 武瀌 (《廣韻·下平聲·宵·苗》) |
| Unihan definition: | sprouts; Miao nationality |
Example usage
| 《論語·子罕》: | 子曰：「苗而不秀者有矣夫！」 |
| The Master said, "There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower!" | |
| 《孟子·萬章上》: | 萬章曰：「舜流共工于幽州，放驩兜于崇山，殺三苗于三危，殛鯀于羽山，四罪而天下咸服，誅不仁也。」 |
| Wan Zhang said, 'Shun banished the superintendent of works to You Zhou; he sent away Huan Dou to the mountain Chong; he slew the prince of San Miao in San Wei; and he imprisoned Gun on the mountain Yu. When the crimes of those four were thus punished, the whole kingdom acquiesced - it was a cutting off of men who were destitute of benevolence.' | |
| 《禮記·大學》: | 故諺有之曰：「人莫知其子之惡，莫知其苗之碩。」 |
| Hence it is said, in the common adage, "A man does not know the wickedness of his son; he does not know the richness of his growing corn." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 育而不苗者，吾家之童烏乎？ |
| Born but not yet sprouted, that was my young son Tong Wu! | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 三苗之民，或賢或不肖，堯、舜齊之，恩教加也。 |
| Among the Three Miao tribes some were honest, some disreputable. Yao and Shun made them all alike by conferring the boon of instruction upon them. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢中》: | 先王之書呂刑道之曰：『皇帝清問下民，有辭有苗。』 |
| "It is found in the " Penal Code of Lu," a book of an early king, thus: "The Emperor (Yao) inquired among his subjects, and complaints were made against the Miaos (barbarians)." | |
| 《莊子·在宥》: | 堯於是放讙兜於崇山，投三苗於三峗，流共工於幽都，此不勝天下也夫！ |
| On this Yao sent away Huan Dou to Chong hill, and (the Chiefs of) the Three Miao to San-wei, and banished the Minister of Works to the Dark Capital; so unequal had they been to cope with the world. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 三苗在江淮、荊州數為亂。 |
| That the three Miao tribes in the districts of Jiang Huai, and Jing should so often rise in rebellion. | |
| 《詩經·黍離》: | 彼黍離離、彼稷之苗。 |
| There was the millet with its drooping heads; There was the sacrificial millet coming into blade. | |
| 《尚書·皋陶謨》: | 何遷乎有苗？ |
| What to be removing a lord of Miao? | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 禹勞心力，堯有德，干戈不用三苗服。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 當舜之時，有苗氏不服，其所以不服者，大山在其南，殿山在其北。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 曰：凡《春秋》之記災異也，雖有數莖，猶謂之無麥苗也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 當舜之時，有苗不服，其不服者，衡山在南，岐山在北，左洞庭之波，右彭澤之水，由此險也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·五帝德》: | 殺三苗于三危，以變西戎。 |
| 《白虎通德論·封禪》: | 嘉禾者，大禾也，成王時有三苗異畝而生，同為一穗大幾盈車，長幾充箱。 |
| 《中論·曆數》: | 其後三苗復九黎之德，堯復育重黎之後不忘舊者，使復典教之，故《書》曰：「乃命羲和，欽若昊天。」 |
| 《潛夫論·志氏姓》: | 後三苗復九黎之德，堯繼重、黎之後不忘舊者，羲伯復治之。 |
| 《太玄經·積》: | 上九，小人積非，至于苗裔。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 深耕廣種，立苗欲䟽。 |
| 《孔叢子·連叢子下》: | 是年夏，河南四縣雨雹，如棬杯，大者如斗，殺禽畜雉兔，折樹木，秋苗盡。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 率爾苗民，慎不敬聽。 |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 其土氣常燠，日月餘光之照其土，不生嘉苗。 |
| 《鶡冠子·世兵》: | 黃帝百戰，蚩尤七十二，堯伐有唐，禹服有苗，天不變其常，地不易其則，陰陽不亂其氣，生死不俛其位，三光不改其用，神明不徙其法。 |
| 《韓非子·內儲說上》: | 曰：「南門之外，有黃犢食苗道左者。」 |
| 《管子·臣乘馬》: | 春已失二十五日，而尚有起夏作，是春失其地，夏失其苗。 |
| 《九章算術·衰分》: | 今有牛、馬、羊食人苗。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 故當舜之時，有苗不服，於是舜修政偃兵，執幹戚而舞之。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·召類》: | 舜卻苗民，更易其俗。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 五年，春，公將如棠觀魚者，臧僖伯諫曰，凡物不足以講大事，其材不足以備器用，則君不舉焉，君將納民於軌物者也，故講事以度軌量謂之軌，取材以章物采謂之物，不軌不物，謂之亂政，亂政亟行，所以敗也，故春蒐，夏苗，秋獮，冬狩，皆於農隙以講事也，三年而治兵，入而振旅，歸而飲至，以數軍實昭文章，明貴賤，辨等列，順少長，習威儀也，鳥獸之肉，不登於俎，皮革，齒牙，骨角，毛，羽，不登於器，則公不射，古之制也。 |
| 《逸周書·五權解》: | 克中無苗，以保小子于位。 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 其後，三苗復九黎之德，堯復育重黎之後，不忘舊者，使復典之。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 妾聞之，明君蒞國立政，不損祿，不益刑，又不以私恚害公法，不為禽獸傷人民，不為草木傷禽獸，不為野草傷禾苗。 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 夏長無苗，二死也。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 昔者神農伐補遂，黃帝伐涿鹿而禽蚩尤，堯伐驩兜，舜伐三苗，禹伐共工，湯伐有夏，文王伐崇，武王伐紂，齊桓任戰而伯天下。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·輕重》: | 故茂林之下無豐草，大塊之間無美苗。 |
| 《列女傳·齊傷槐女》: | 妾聞明君之蒞國也，不損祿而加刑，又不以私恚害公法，不為六畜傷民人，不為野草傷禾苗。 |
| 《春秋穀梁傳》: | 無麥、苗。 |
| 《春秋公羊傳》: | 無麥、苗。 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 博陽不伐，含弘光大，天誘其衷，慶流苗裔。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 爰及苗裔。 |
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