屮 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「山」
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- On
- ソウ・テツそう・てつ · sō · tetsu
- Kun
- め・めばえme · mebae
- Meaning
- a sprout
Stroke order
Origin
The shape of a shoot pushing up out of the ground: a sprout. Half of 艸, and the origin of a radical.
Compounds
- 屮めばえ
a sprout
- 芽め
a bud
Example
屮は草の芽の形だ。
It is the shape of a plant’s first shoot.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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