芽
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「艸」+ 音符「牙」。「め」を意味する漢語｛芽｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
bud, sprout, spear, germ
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ガElem.
- Kun (native)
- めElem.
- Nanori (used in names)
- じ
- めぐ
- Other languages
- 拼音ya2
- 拼音di2
- 한글a
- Hán-ViệtNha
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 8 strokes
- Radical
- 艸(くさ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+82BD
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹牙
Words using this kanji
- 芽め（め）植物の種子・根・枝から出て、将来、枝・葉・花などに生育する幼組織。 （め）胚盤。 （め）新しく現れて、これから発展を遂げようとするもの。sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
- 芽生えめばえbud, sprout
- 芽生えるめばえるto bud, to sprout, to arise, to begin to grow
- 芽吹くめぶくto bud, to sprout, to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.), to awaken
- 芽胞がほう（菌類、藻類の）胞子。spore, endospore
- 芽鱗がりん冬芽を包み、保護する鱗状の固い葉。鱗片葉。bud scale (scaly leaf protecting a bud)
- 芽茶めちゃcoarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process
- 芽球がきゅうgemmule, blast (cell)
- 芽体がたいblastema
- 芽生がせいgemmation
- 芽ぐむめぐむめぐむを参照。to bud, to sprout
- 芽接ぎめつぎbud grafting
- 芽立ちめだちbud, sprout
- 芽かぶめかぶthick wakame leaves from near the stem
- 芽出しめだしsprouting, sprout
- 芽吹きめぶきbud, sprout, shoot, opening of a bud
- 芽を出すめをだすto sprout, to put forth buds
- 芽を摘むめをつむto nip (something) in the bud
- 芽条変異がじょうへんいbud mutation, bud sport
- 芽が出るめがでるto bud, to sprout, to germinate, to have luck on one's side
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-3-5- Four Corner
4424.1- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k5.9- Heisig
- 2054
- Nelson
- 3920