芽 – bud, sprout, spear

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The kanji 芽 means bud, sprout, spear, germ. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガ (ga); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is め (me). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガ	ga
Kun’yomi	め	me

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 牙・艾.

Words using 芽

芽めsprout発芽はつがgermination

Example sentences

木々は芽を出し始めた。

The trees are beginning to bud.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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