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Kanji Detail for 蕾 - "bud, promise"

蕾

  • Meaning

    蕾 means "bud, promise."

    1. Bud - An unopened flower.

    2. Promise - Potential to bloom.

    3. Young - Fresh and new.

  • Origin of 蕾

    The grass crown 艹 over 雷, thunder, lending the reading rai: the bud — the flower still rolled tight, thunder before it breaks. Everything the bloom will be, held in.

    How to remember it: A flower wound tight as thunder 雷 in the clouds — the bud, one warm day from breaking.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 蕾

    • Verified meaning: bud, promise
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つぼみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 蕾

    Given names 蕾(つぼみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    buds, unopened flowers

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bud

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    flower bud

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    蓓蕾 (bud). The appearance of a flower opening but not yet bloomed.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsubomi(つぼみ) つぼみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    bud promise anticipation beginning bloom development flower hope potential sprout unopened nascent prospect

Sentences including 蕾

  • The flowers are still in bud.

More kanji with the radical 艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

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