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草
JLPT N3 SL1 9 strokes Frequency: #967

Meanings

Grass, Weeds, Herbs, Pasture, Write, Draft

Radicals

θ‰Ή

Decomposition

βΏ±θ‰Ήζ—©

Etymology

Pictophonetic: grass

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 vertical right-to-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ソウ sou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
くさ kusa

Words Using This Kanji

374 words total
Other (20 words)
山草 やまくさ

mountain grass

ζŠ‘θ‰ γ‚ˆγγγ†

weed suppression (by mulching, etc.)

ζž―θ‰θŒ こそうきん

hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis)

εŽšε²Έθ‰ をッケシソウ

common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)

冬虫倏草 とうけゅうかそう

caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)

θ‰ι£Ÿη³» そうしょくけい

man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women

ぺんぺん草 ぺんぺんぐさ

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

γΊγ‚“γΊγ‚“θ‰γŒη”Ÿγˆγ‚‹ γΊγ‚“γΊγ‚“γγ•γŒγ―γˆγ‚‹

to be in ruins

松虫草 ま぀むしそう

gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica)

钨草 γ‹γœγγ•

love grass (Eragrostis ferruginea)

鬼草 γŠγ«γγ•

Gelidium japonicum (species of seaweed)

壁草 かべくさ

grass mixed with mud to construct walls

草書体 γγ†γ—γ‚‡γŸγ„

highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters)

平草 ひらくさ

Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)

θ‰ζ‘˜γΏ くさ぀み

picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)

ηˆΆε­θ‰ けけこぐさ

cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)

θ–¬ηŽ‰θ©°θ‰ くすだま぀めくさ

hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre)

米粒詰草 こめ぀ぢ぀めくさ

lesser hop trefoil (Trifolium dubium)

草藀 γγ•γ΅γ˜

tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)

倧泑立草 γŠγŠγ‚γ‚γ γ‘γγ†

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla)