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萌 = 明 + 艹
萌 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “germinate”. It is built from 明 (bright) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2460.
- Keyword
- germinate
- RTK frame
- 2460
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- も.える, きざ.す, めばえ, きざ.し
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- show symptoms of, прорастание
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 萌 bud
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 萌 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bright” + “mugwort”. 萌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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