芽
bud, sprout, spear, germ
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Vocabulary
ガ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発芽 | ハツガ | germination; sprouting; budding |
| 麦芽 | バクガ | malt |
| 萌芽 | ホウガ | germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear |
| 花芽 | カガ | flower bud |
| 芽胞 | ガホウ | spore; endospore |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芽 | め | sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg) |
| 御芽出度う | おめでとう | congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best! |
| 芽子 | はぎ | bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi) |
| 芽出度い | めでたい | happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous; naive |
| 芽生え | めばえ | bud; sprout |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
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