The kanji 芽: meaning, readings and stroke order
芽
- Meaning
- bud, sprout
- On reading
- ガ ga
- Kun reading
- め me
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 grass
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mầm, chồi (nha)
- Japanese
- め。くさや きの あたらしい め。
- Korean
- 싹 (아)
- Chinese
- 芽、嫩芽
Readings, words and example sentences
ガ ga · on reading · less common
発芽
sprouting
まいた 豆が 発芽しました。
The beans I planted have sprouted.
め me · kun reading
芽
bud, sprout
花の 芽が 出ました。
The flower has put out a sprout.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.