萌
萌 — Show symptoms of
show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiもえる (moeru)
Kun’yomiきざす (kizasu)
Kun’yomiめばえ (mebae)
Kun’yomiきざし (kizashi)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 萌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萌芽 | ほうが houga | germination; germ; sprout |
| 萌える | もえる moeru | to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.) |
Study notes
萌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2346 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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