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芽

JLPT N1 SL4 8 strokes Frequency: #1691

Meanings

Bud, Sprout, Spear, Germ

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹牙

Etymology

Pictophonetic: plant

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガ ga

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

め me

Words Using This Kanji

68 words total

Other (20 words)

bud

sprout

to bud

spore

to bud

tooth germ

germination

sprout

malt

maltose

germination

leaf bud

germination

to bud

sprouts

thinning out buds

(wheat) germ

granulation

leaf bud

flower bud

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