EntryCommonWaniKani 57
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    germination; germ; sprout

    彼の事業もやっと萌芽の兆しを見せた。
    His business has begun to thrive at last.
  2. early sign; beginning; starting to appear

Also written 萠芽【ほうが】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt

Kun
も.えるきざ.すめばえきざ.し
On
ホウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2346 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 57

Built from

Used in names as

もえきざし

Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3k8.11The Kanji Dictionary
4462.7Four corner code
840cUnicode hex code
1-43-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3979Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5094New Nelson (John Haig)
2301New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2871Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1481Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1995Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2377Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2460Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31265XMorohashi
2221Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
meng2Pinyin reading
maengKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
57WaniKani 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