懂中文 Dong Chinese

芽

yá

bud

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

牙 sound component

牙  Sound component

yá

  

tooth

Evolution

芽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
芽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

芽  

yá

bud, sprout, shoot; bud; sprout

Most common words with 芽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

芽

bud

麦芽

malt

萌芽

to bud

发芽

to germinate

豆芽

bean sprout