萌

11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt

Kun'yomi
  • もえる
    		to burst into bud ②to have a crush
  • きざす
    		to show signs ②to bud
  • きざし
    		sign
  • めばえ
On'yomi
  • ホウ
Nanori
  • もえ
  • きざし

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

もえる 55.7%
もえ 41.3%
ホウ 2.9%
きざすきざし 0.2%

Character Breakdown

show symptoms of, sprout, bud
も.える　もえ　ホウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
bright, light
メイ　あ.かり　あきら (2nd, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

も
萌
　
え
　
る
to burst into bud ②to have a crush
も
萌
　
え
sprouting ②crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.)
ほう
萌
が
芽
germination ②early sign
も
萌
　
え
ぎ
木
young tree sprouts
も
萌
　
え
で
出
　
る
to sprout
もえ
萌
ぎ
黄
いろ
色
light green
した
下
も
萌
　
え
sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil
も
萌
　
え
た
立
　
つ
to burst into leaf
もえ
萌
しゃ
車
car decorated with (female) anime characters
ほう
萌
れい
黎
the masses
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References

Unicode hex code 840C
JIS X 0208 1-43-8
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3979
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5094
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2301
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2871
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1481
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1995
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2377
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2460
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31265X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2221
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k8.11
Four corner code 4462.7