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Kanji for Seedling
The kanji for “seedling” is 苗, read byou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
苗
seedling
A young seedling full of growth to come.
8 strokes On reading ビョウ、ミョウ (byou, myou) Kun reading なえ、なわ (nae, nawa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: seedling, sapling, shoot
Readings used for names on Nazuke: nae
In Japan it appears in about 196 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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