Memory phrase for the Kanji: 芽


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Meaning bud, seedling, sprout

Pronunciation

GA
me

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: tusk 牙 (pictograph)

Mnemonic


 
Plants and also tusks grow from a sprout.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
tusk of an elephantSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
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 Vocabulary

 sprout
芽吹く めぶく  to bud
芽生える めばえる  to bud, to sprout
麦芽 ばくが  malt
発芽 はつが  burgeoning

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