嫩芽 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

nènyá

sprout

nèn soft

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 敕 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嫰.

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

敕 Sound component

chì, sōu an imperial order or decree

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		nuːns
Unicode	nuə̀n

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

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

牙 Sound component

yá tooth

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萌芽也。从艸牙聲。