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芽 — kanji meaning “bud”

bud, sprout, spear, germ

Meanings
bud, sprout, spear, germ
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
8
School grade
4
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1691 of 2,500
Classical radical
140
Chinese reading
yá, dí — Chinese character page

Words with 芽

WordReadingMeaning
はつが hatsugagermination; sprouting; budding
めばえ mebaebud; sprout
ばくが bakugamalt
しんめ shinmesprout; bud; shoot
ほうが hougagermination; germ; sprout
めばえる mebaeruto bud; to sprout
きのめ kinomeleaf bud
めぶく mebukuto bud; to sprout
かが kagaflower bud
がせい gaseigemmation
にくが nikugagranulation; granulation tissue; proud flesh
めぶき mebukibud; sprout; shoot

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

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