芽

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 牙 – an aspect of plants.

Han character

芽 (radical 140 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一女竹 (TMVH), four-corner 4424₁)

1. bud, sprout, shoot

See also

• 芋

References

• KangXi: page 1021, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30860
• Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3179, character 13
• Unihan data for U+82BD

---

Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		芽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yá (ya²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngà
• Min Nan (POJ): gê

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ya²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴
    • Yale: ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑː²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ŋa¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
    • Tâi-lô: gê
    • IPA (Taipei): /ge²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ge¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (芽, reconstructed)
Character (芽), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五加切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣa/	/ŋa/	/ŋa/	/ŋɯa/	/ŋaɨ/	/ŋa/	/ŋa/

Old Chinese pronunciation (芽, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
芽								yá								‹ ngæ ›								/*m-ɢˤ<r>a/								shoot, sprout
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
芽					14178					牙					魚					0					牙					/*ŋraː/

Definitions

芽

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

• 芽菜 (soybean sprout)

---

Japanese

Kanji

芽

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Readings

• Goon: げ (ge) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: が (ga)
• Kun: め (me), めぐむ (megumu)

---

Korean

Hanja

芽 (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

芽 (nha)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.