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RTK / HeisigFrame #985

germ

Lv 45

Strokes: 11

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

germ RTKBacteria

Community Mnemonic

539 votes

germ: Can also mean bacteria.....imagine the wheat pent in your fridge growing to the point where they resemble flowers.......I actually had something similar happen to onions...they grew footlong legs after about 2 or 3 years......or just think of that Cowboy Bebop episode with the lobster in the fridge... :-).

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

きん

Kun'yomi

None