芽 yá bud
bud; shoot; sprout
怎么记住“芽”: 艹 grass + 牙 tooth = bud. Something pokes out of the grass like a baby tooth, and Dad smiles at the garden's very first bud.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
芽 = 艹 grass + 牙 tooth
- 艹 grass meaning
- 牙 tooth sound
Something pokes out of the grass like a baby tooth, and Dad smiles at the garden's very first bud.
How it came to be
Grass gives the meaning and the tooth the sound.
用法
- A bud/sprout: 发芽 (fāyá) to germinate, 萌芽 (méngyá) to sprout (also figurative: 思想的萌芽 the first stirrings of an idea), 豆芽 (dòuyá) bean sprouts, 嫩芽 (nènyá) tender shoot.
- Carries the sense of a small new beginning that can grow.