漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
萌: show symptoms of, sprout
Also: bud, malt
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 明 is drawn in
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 萌芽ほうがgermination; germ; sprout
もえるmoeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 萌えるもえるto burst into bud; to sprout
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 萌むめぐむto bud; to sprout
Also read きざす, めばえ, きざし, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
明
Also built on bright (明)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side萌 show symptoms of · 艹
vs盟 alliance · 皿In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · méng
Same form: 萌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 萌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 萌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin méng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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