屮 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「山」
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- On
- ソウ・テツ
- Kun
- め・めばえ
- Meaning
- a sprout
Origin
The shape of a shoot pushing up out of the ground: a sprout. Half of 艸, and the origin of a radical.
Stroke order
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.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)