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Japanese symbol for “germination”

Romaji: hatsuga
germination; sprouting; budding

In Japanese, germination is , read (hatsuga).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs germination; sprouting; budding

Kanji and stroke order

departure, discharge, publish
on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす
9 strokes · JLPT 3
bud, sprout, spear
on: ガ
kun: め
8 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “germination”

WordReadingMeaning
ほうが hougagermination; germ; sprout
しゅつが shutsugagermination; sprouting
はいたい haitaigermination; pregnancy

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
はっぴょう happyouannouncement; publication; presenting
かいはつ kaihatsudevelopment; cultivation; application
はっせい hasseioccurrence; incidence; outbreak
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
はつげん hatsugenstatement; remark; observation
めばえ mebaebud; sprout
ばくが bakugamalt

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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