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芽
yá
1. bud
2. sprout
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

芽
yá
bud, shoot, sprout
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

催芽
cuīyá
to promote germination
嫩芽
nènyá
soft shoot
新芽
xīnyá
sprout
月芽
yuèyá
variant of [[月牙<yuèyá>]]
滋芽
zīyá
(dialect) to sprout
发芽
fāyá
to germinate
胚芽
pēiyá
bud
腋芽
yèyá
axillary bud
芽苗
yámiáo
a shoot
萌芽
méngyá
to sprout (lit. or fig.)
HSK 6
豆芽
dòuyá
bean sprout
顶芽
dǐngyá
terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
麦芽
màiyá
malt
胚芽米
pēiyámǐ
semi-polished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
胚芽鞘
pēiyáqiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
豆芽菜
dòuyácài
bean sprouts
麦芽糖
màiyátáng
maltose (sweet syrup)
小麦胚芽
xiǎomàipēiyá
wheat germ
球芽甘蓝
qiúyágānlán
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
麦芽糊精
màiyáhújīng
maltodextrin

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,736
Word Frequency Rank
6,899 of 84,292

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