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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)

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

Metadata

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

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