萌 méng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 明 bright, clear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
萌发
méngfā
to sprout; to germinate; to emerge
Characters in this word
发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
Example phrases
- 这场危机反而让团队萌发出重新设计商业模式的念头。 Zhè chǎng wēijī fǎn'ér ràng tuánduì méngfā chū chóngxīn shèjì shāngyè móshì de niàntou. This crisis instead gave the team the idea of redesigning its business model.
- 春天一到，种子在湿润的泥土里萌发了。 Chūntiān yí dào, zhǒngzi zài shīrùn de nítǔ lǐ méngfā le. When spring arrives, the seeds sprout in the damp soil.
- 看到哥哥的画，他心里萌发了学画画的愿望。 Kàndào gēge de huà, tā xīnlǐ méngfā le xué huà huà de yuànwàng. Seeing his brother's paintings, a wish to learn to paint arose in him.
Related words
- 萌芽 méngyá to sprout; germination; bud
- 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