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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)
倧反魂草 γŠγŠγ―γ‚“γ”γ‚“γγ†

cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)

九θΌͺ草 γγ‚Šγ‚“γγ†

Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)

瀼文草 γ‚ŒγΆγ‚“γγ†

Oxytropis megalantha (species of locoweed)

深見草 ちかみぐさ

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

θΆŠεΉ΄θ‰ γˆγ€γ­γ‚“γγ†

winter annual

緑草 γ‚Šγ‚‡γγγ†

green grass

田字草 γ§γ‚“γ˜γγ†

European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia)

εœŸι€šθ‰ ぀けあけび

Cyrtosia septentrionalis (species of orchid)

ιˆ΄θ™«θ‰ γ™γšγ‚€γ—γγ†

Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)

ε±±ι‡Žθ‰ さんやそう

wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

深山小米草 みやまこごめぐさ

Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)

ι‡£θˆΉθ‰ γ€γ‚Šγ΅γ­γγ†

touch-me-not (Impatiens textori)

小米草 こごめぐさ

eyebright (Euphrasia sp.)

君影草 きみかげそう

lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)

δΈ€θΌͺ草 γ„γ‘γ‚Šγ‚“γγ†

Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone)

ζ—©ζ± ε³°θ–„ι›ͺ草 はやけねうすゆきそう

Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)

ηŸ³ζŒθ‰ いしもけそう

shield sundew (Drosera peltata)

倧文字草 γ γ„γ‚‚γ‚“γ˜γγ†

Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)

一重草 γ²γ¨γˆγγ•

hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum)

θˆžιΆ΄θ‰ まいγ₯るそう

snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum)