common

/GA/    /me/GA//    me//

bud;  sprout;  spear;  germ

Radical: (grass).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 牙⺾.   Pinyin: / .   Hangul:  [a].   Nanori:  / めぐji / megu.

Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
GAばくがbakuga】malt
ほうがhōga】germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
はつがhatsuga】burgeoning
me吹くめぶくmebuku】to bud
生えめばえmebae】bud; sprout
木のきのめkinome】leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
Codepoints and classification codes:
82bdUnicode
18-74JIS X 0208
2-3-5SKIP
3k5.9TKD
4424.1Four Corner
1947De Roo
Dictionary indices:
3920Classic Nelson
5002The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2240New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1429Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1905Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1676A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
683Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
709Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
30860PDaikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 616
434A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1455Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
358Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
1697Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
457Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
497Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1835Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
645Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1924Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig