bud, sprout, spear, germ

Radicals

• 芽生える【めばえる】
  to bud, to sprout, to arise, to begin to grow
• 発芽【はつが】
  germination, sprouting, budding
• 麦芽【ばくが】
  malt
• 新芽【しんめ】
  sprout, bud, shoot
• 萌芽【ほうが】
  germination, germ, sprout, early sign, beginning, starting to appear
• 木の芽【きのめ】
  leaf bud, bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
• 芽生え【めばえ】
  bud, sprout
• 芽吹く【めぶく】
  to bud
• 芽【め】
  sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)