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萌

萌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. もえる。草木が芽を出す。
  2. ネットスラング。(萌え)

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「萌」と書かれる字には二つの字源がある。（別字衝突）

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • も(える)
  • きざ(す)
  • めばえ
  • きざ(し)
Nanori (used in names)
  • もえ
  • きざし
Other languages
  • 拼音meng2
  • 한글maeng
  • Hán-ViệtManh

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+840C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹明

Words using this kanji

  • 萌芽ほうが芽が出ること。 物事が起こること。また、起こるもとになるもの。germination, germ, sprout, early sign
  • 萌えるもえるもえる 参照to burst into bud, to sprout, to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.), to be infatuated
  • 萌黎ほうれいthe masses, common people
  • 萌えもえsprouting, budding, young shoot, moe
  • 萌黄もえぎ「もえぎ」参照。light yellowish green
  • 萌出ほうしゅつ物事が起ころうとすること。 乳児の歯が歯茎から出ること。eruption (of a tooth)
  • 萌車もえしゃcar decorated with (female) anime characters
  • 萌動ほうどうsprouting, budding
  • 萌やしもやしbean sprouts
  • 萌え木もえぎyoung tree sprouts, young tree buds
  • 萌黄色もえぎいろlight green, yellowish-green
  • 萌やすもやすto sprout
  • 萌え豚もえぶたanime freak, person overly interested in female anime and video game characters
  • 萌え袖もえそでoverly long sleeves
  • 萌え断もえだんcolorful cross-section of cut food such as sandwiches, sushi rolls and cakes
  • 萌え絵もええmoe illustration, moe art
  • 萌葱色もえぎいろcolour of negi shoots in spring
  • 萌え出るもえでるto sprout, to bud
  • 萌え立つもえたつto burst into leaf, to sprout
  • 萌え出すもえだすto bud, to sprout

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(25 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
4462.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k8.11
Heisig
2460
Nelson
3979