芽
bud; sprout
7 strokes
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How 芽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 牙 (phonetic, yá)
How to remember it
sprout · Heisig RSH #2842
flower + tusk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 牙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 牙 (yá) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙 sound component | yá | tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated |
| 雅 | yǎ | elegant, graceful, refined |
| 鸦 | yā | crow; Corvus species (various) |
| 呀 | ya | particle used to express surprise |
| 讶 | yà | amazed, surprised; to express surprise |
| 伢 | yá | child |
| 岈 | yá | the name of a mountain |
| 枒 | yá | coconut tree; edge, rim |
| 蚜 | yá | aphid, plant louse |
| 玡 | yá | used in place names |
| 迓 | yà | to receive a guest |
Words containing 芽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 球芽甘蓝 | qiú yá gān lán | Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera) |
| 豆芽菜 | dòu yá cài | bean sprouts |
| 花芽 | huā yá | flower bud |
| 发芽 | fā yá | (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) … |
| 新芽 | xīn yá | new shoot; new sprout |
| 芽眼 | yá yǎn | (botany) undeveloped bud; eye |
| 麦芽糊精 | mài yá hú jīng | maltodextrin |
| 麦芽糖 | mài yá táng | maltose (sweet syrup) |
| 月芽 | yuè yá | variant of 月牙[yue4 ya2] |
| 麦芽糖醇 | mài yá táng chún | maltitol, a sugar alcohol |
| 叶芽 | yè yá | leaf bud |
| 豆芽 | dòu yá | bean sprout |
| 小麦胚芽 | xiǎo mài pēi yá | wheat germ |
| 顶芽 | dǐng yá | terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant) |
| 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌 | ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | Clostridium botulinum |
| 麦芽 | mài yá | malt |
| 肉芽肿 | ròu yá zhǒng | (pathology) granuloma |
| 蜡样芽孢杆菌 | là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | (microbiology) Bacillus cereus |
| 胚芽米 | pēi yá mǐ | semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ) |
| 芽苗 | yá miáo | a shoot; a sprout; a seedling |