莟 — 10 strokes / Radical「艹」
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- On
- ガン・カンがん・かん · gan · kan
- Kun
- つぼみtsubomi
- Meaning
- a bud
Stroke order
Origin
Grass 艹 with 含, to hold in the mouth, as phonetic: a flower still closed, a bud.
Compounds
- 莟つぼみ
a bud
- 花の莟はなのつぼみ
a flower bud
Example
桜の莟がふくらむ。
The cherry buds are swelling.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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