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芽 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「艸」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「艸」
On
ガが · ga
Kun
めme
Meaning
sprout; bud

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phonetic-semantic character: 艹 (grass) with 牙 for the sound; means the 'sprout; bud' of plants.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガがga発芽はつが麦芽ばくが肉芽にくが
Kunめme芽め芽生えるめばえる新芽しんめ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新芽しんめ

    new bud; fresh sprout

  • 発芽はつが

    germination; sprouting

More words with this kanji

  • 萌芽ほうが
  • 胚芽はいが
  • 芽め

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

春(はる)になると木(き)に新芽(しんめ)が出(で)る。

In spring, new buds appear on the trees.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

新芽発芽芽新new発depart芸art英Englan…艸grass花flower苆choppe…賀congra…牙tusk瓦roof…伽attend…我I
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艸Map of reading ガAll maps

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