苗
ビョウ, ミョウ, なえ, なわ, ねい, のら, みう, みつ

seedling, sapling, shoot

JLPT1 G7 S8 F1713

艸# grass/plant + 田 field → sprouts/seedlings (obscured) in a field → *seedling*; *shoot*; *young plant* → *family*; *blood relations*.

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