Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: bud, sprout, spear, germ

Kunyomi:

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ばくが)   malt

(はいが)   embryo bud, germ

する(はつがする)   germinate, sprout [v.i.]

(め)   sprout [n.]

(しんめ)   bud, shoot [n.]

生える(めばえる)   bud, sprout [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ガキュウ gemmule, blast (cell)

殖孤虫 ガショクコチュウ Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)

ハツガ germination, sprouting, budding

ホウガ germination, germ, sprout, bud, sign

Kunyomi Examples

sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)

目出度い めでたい happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive

わかめ sprouts, new shoots, young buds

えきが axillary bud, lateral bud