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On-Yomi: ビョウ、ミョウ — Kun-Yomi: なえ、なわ-

Koohii stories:

1) [Christine_Tham] 31-7-2007(184): If you plant seedlings in a FIELD eventually they will FLOWER.

2) [SammyB] 5-6-2008(61): Crap! There are flowers in the rice field… Who let those seedlings get in there?!

3) [tanaquil] 15-4-2007(43): This is obviously a flower sprouting from a rice field, and means "rice seedling" in Japanese. My problem is keeping this kanji distinct from 圥, which Heisig dubs the "rice seedling" primitive (see land (#1513 陸) ff.). It might help to keep in mind that 圥 is a rare kanji (not used in Japanese) meaning "mushroom," so I will call 圥 the "mushroom seedling".

4) [cmayernik] 25-5-2009(24): All the flowers in the field started as seedlings.

5) [Chocobonstrife] 26-4-2012(16): Pikmin have FLOWERS growing out of their seedling BRAINS.

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