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Kanji Detail for 芽 - "bud, sprout, sign"

芽

  • Meaning

    芽 means "bud, sprout, sign."

    1. Bud - A new growth on a plant.

    2. Sprout - To begin to grow.

    3. Beginning - The start of something.

  • Words using 芽

    • 発芽 はつが Listen germination; sprouting; budding

  • Origin of 芽

    The grass crown 艹 over 牙, the fang, lending the reading ga: the sprout as a tooth — the shoot that bites up through the soil.

    How to remember it: A green fang 牙 breaking the ground from below — the sprout.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 芽

    • Verified meaning: bud, sprout, sign
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いぶき, はじめ, めい, めぐ)

    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 芽

    Given names 芽(いぶき)Listen 芽(はじめ)Listen 芽(めい)Listen 芽(めぐ)Listen 芽(めぐみ)Listen 芽(めぐむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bud; sprout; spear; germ

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bud, sprout, shoot

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bud; sprout

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bud, shoot, sprout

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

    The initial sprout of a plant. Such as today's 豆芽 (bean sprouts), 穀芽 (grain sprouts).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    me(め) め

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    bud sprout sign start beginning botanical dawn development early germination greenery growth leaf new plant seed shoot seedling

Sentences including 芽

  • The tree is in bud.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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