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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)
桦峢草 うらしまそう

Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)

青人草 γ‚γŠγ²γ¨γγ•

the people

εΏ˜γ‚Œθ‰ γ‚γ™γ‚Œγγ•

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

草とん そうとん

cylindrical seat made of straw covered in fabric

渋草 しぢくさ

Japanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)

θ‰εˆˆιŽŒ γγ•γ‹γ‚ŠγŒγΎ

grass sickle

θ‰ιŽŒ γγ•γŒγΎ

grass sickle

座禅草 γ–γœγ‚“γγ†

eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

ζ™‚θ¨ˆθ‰ とけいそう

blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)

ハブ草 はぢそう

coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)

庭見草 にわみぐさ

bush clover

γ™γΏγ‚Œθ‰ γ™γΏγ‚Œγγ•

Fuji dawn (species of violet, Viola mandshurica)

繕草 ぀くろいぐさ

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

ζŒ‡η‡ƒθ‰ さしもぐさ

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

乳草 けけくさ

Metaplexis japonica

ε€œι–‹θ‰ やかいそう

moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

θ‰ζœ¬ε±€ そうほんそう

herbaceous layer

ι“θ‰γ‚’ι£Ÿγ† みけくさをくう

to loiter (on the way)

馬草 まぐさ

fodder (for horses or cows)

下草 γ—γŸγγ•

undergrowth