芽

yá = y + a2

bud / sprout

芽 = 艹 + 牙 : Maud Younger (y) put the wisdom tooth (牙) she recently lost on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). The artificial lawn is supposed to act as nurturing substrate, and indeed, the next day the wisdom tooth is already germinating (芽) and developed a new bud (芽).

芽 character breakdown

芽
- 牙
- 艹

yá = y + a2

tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

Mnemonic symbol: wisdom tooth. Maud Younger has a wisdom tooth removed just inside the ashram's kitchen.

cǎo = c + ao3

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

Characters with 芽 as component

芽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 芽

to germinate

soft shoot

wheat germ

sprout / bud

variant of 月牙[yue4 ya2]

(dialect) to sprout / to germinate

Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)

Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)

axillary bud

to promote germination

Sentences with 芽

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