"萌" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. bud, sprout Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji Synonyms: Derived forms: 萌芽 (hōga) (ruby: 萌芽(ほうが)), 萌蘖 (hōgetsu) (ruby: 萌蘖(ほうげつ)), 萌出 (hōshutsu) (ruby: 萌出(ほうしゅつ)), 萌生 (hōsei) (ruby: 萌生(ほうせい)), 萌動 (hōdō) (ruby: 萌動(ほうどう)), 萌発 (hōhatsu) (ruby: 萌発(ほうはつ)), 萌葱, 萌黄 (moegi), 萌黄 (moyogi), 留萌 (Rumoi) (ruby: 留萌(るもい))
    Sense id: en-萌-ja-character-6CRz2fcl Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant transliterations, Kanji used for names

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きざし)), Kizashi [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{ja-see|兆し}} Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|きざし}} 萌(きざし) • (Kizashi)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names
    Sense id: en-萌-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 78 22
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-萌-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (もえ)), Moe [romanization]
Etymology: Nominalization of 萌え (moe), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 萌(も)える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|萌える|もえる|to bud, sprout|pos=}} 萌(も)える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”), {{ja-ryk|萌える|もえる|to bud, sprout}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 萌(も)える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|もえ}} 萌(もえ) • (Moe)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names
    Sense id: en-萌-ja-name-pLhOhtoi1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 34 8 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 22 6 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 9 35 10 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 26 7 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 21 6 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 萌 meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

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