芽 = 艹 + 牙

芽 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bud”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 牙 (tooth).

Keyword: bud
Pinyin (Mandarin): yá
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: bud, sprout, shoot, бутон, росток, стрелять, sprout, shoot
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 芽 bud

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
牙 tooth

How to find 芽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “tooth”. 芽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 芽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.