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芽 = 牙 + 艹

芽 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bud”. It is built from 牙 (tusk) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2054.

Keyword
bud
RTK frame
2054
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
め
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бутон
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芽 bud

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牙 tusk
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 芽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tusk” + “mugwort”. 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.