Memory phrase for the character: 芽

芽

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Meaning

bud, seedling, sprout

Pronunciation

 GA
me

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: tusk 牙 (pictograph of a elefant's head with a tusk ノ)

Mnemonic
 
Plants and also tusks grow from a sprout.

Radicals

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

芽 め  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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