芽 — Chinese character
芽
yá
bud, shoot, sprout
- Pinyin
- yá
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 艹 牙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 牙
- Japanese
- 芽 as a kanji
Common words with 芽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萌芽 | méng yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud |
| 发芽 (發芽) | fā yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud |
| 麦芽 (麥芽) | mài yá | malt |
| 豆芽 | dòu yá | bean sprout |
| 芽孢 | yá bāo | endospore |
| 嫩芽 | nèn yá | tender shoots |
| 麦芽糖 (麥芽糖) | mài yá táng | maltose (sweet syrup) |
| 胚芽 | pēi yá | bud; sprout |
| 新芽 | xīn yá | new shoot; new sprout |
| 肉芽肿 (肉芽腫) | ròu yá zhǒng | (pathology) granuloma |
| 花芽 | huā yá | flower bud |
| 豆芽菜 | dòu yá cài | bean sprouts |
English words written with 芽
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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