Entry
  1. Noun

    axillary bud; lateral bud

    Botany

  2. side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant); side buds; suckers

Also written わき芽【わきめ】腋芽【わきめ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role

Kun
わきわけ
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1806 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7422.7Four corner code
8107Unicode hex code
1-47-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3765Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4807New Nelson (John Haig)
952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
870Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
935Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1583A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1083Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29467Morohashi
1336Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
879Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bud, sprout, spear, germ

Kun
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1691 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

めぐ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-4-4SKIP code
3k5.9The Kanji Dictionary
4424.1Four corner code
1947deroo
82bdUnicode hex code
1-18-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3920Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5002New Nelson (John Haig)
2240New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2784Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1429Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1905Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2054Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1676A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
683Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
709Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30860PMorohashi
434A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1455Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1549Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
358sakade
1697Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
457henshall3
497Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1835Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
645Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1924Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ya2, di2Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level