1. 萌
  2. 芽

萌

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  1. 萌 is the 2873rd most frequent character.
  2. 萌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 萌 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 萌 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
萌 => 艹, 明
Radical :
萌 => 艹 (grass), 日 (sun/day), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
萌 => 艹, 口, 一, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. meng2 - to sprout/to bud/to have a strong affection for (slang)/adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 萌 (meng2): The component 明 is pronounced as 'ming2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

卖萌 (賣萌)

Medium Frequency

萌 
萌生 
萌芽 

芽

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  1. 芽 is the 2731st most frequent character.
  2. 芽 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 芽 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 芽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
芽 => 艹, 牙
Radical :
芽 => 艹 (grass), 牙 (fang)
Graphical :
芽 => 艹, 一, 丨, ㇜, 亅, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ya2 - bud/sprout

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 芽 (ya2): The component 牙 is pronounced as 'ya2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

芽 
豆芽 

Medium Frequency

嫩芽 
发芽 (發芽)
萌芽 
麦芽 (麥芽)
麦芽糖 (麥芽糖)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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