发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发芽
fāyá
to sprout; to germinate
Characters in this word
芽 yá
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 牙 tooth, molar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 连续几场春雨过后，埋在土里的种子终于开始发芽。 Liánxù jǐ chǎng chūnyǔ guò hòu, mái zài tǔ lǐ de zhǒngzi zhōngyú kāishǐ fāyá. After several spring rains in a row, the seeds buried in the soil finally began to sprout.
- 阳台上的豆子三天就发芽了。 Yángtái shang de dòuzi sān tiān jiù fāyá le. The beans on the balcony sprouted in just three days.
- 土豆放久了会发芽，吃之前要特别小心。 Tǔdòu fàng jiǔ le huì fāyá, chī zhīqián yào tèbié xiǎoxīn. Potatoes sprout when stored for a long time, so be extra careful before eating them.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech