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芽

bud
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingガ
Kun readingめ
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. budRtK
    彼の事業もやっと萌芽の兆しを見せた。His business has begun to thrive at last.tatoeba
    春に木々は新しい葉や芽を出す。Trees put forth new leaves and buds in spring.tatoeba
  2. sprout
  3. spear
  4. germ
  1. shoot
  2. germinal disk (in an egg)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · tusk

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2054

Compound words

萌芽ほうが
germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning
新芽しんめ
sprout; bud; shoot
麦芽ばくが
malt
発芽はつが
germination; sprouting; budding
芽生えめばえ
bud; sprout
木の芽きのめ
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
花芽かが
flower bud
芽胞がほう
spore
歯芽しが
tooth germ
出芽しゅつが
germination
嫩芽どんが
bud
胚芽はいが
germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice)
萠芽ほうが
germination
芽ぐむめぐむ
to bud
今芽樫いまめがし
ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
芽ばえるめばえる
to bud
芽生えるめばえる
to bud
お芽出度うおめでとう
congratulations!
御芽出度うおめでとう
congratulations!
鼠蹊リンパ肉芽腫そけいリンパにくがしゅ
lymphogranuloma venereum

Additional Examples

太郎と花子の間に愛が芽生えた。
Love grew between Taro and Hanako.tatoeba
春に木々は新しい葉や芽を出す。
Trees put forth new leaves and buds in spring.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 芽

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