禾苗 hémiáo seedling (of rice or other grain)
How to remember 禾苗: 禾 grain + 苗 sprouts = seedling (of rice or other grain).
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How it is used
- Young seedlings of rice or grain - 田里的禾苗绿油油的 (tián lǐ de hémiáo lǜyóuyóu de) the grain seedlings in the field are lush green.
- Measure word 棵. A rural/agricultural noun, common in descriptions of farmland and in the well-known idiom 拔苗助长.