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草

grass
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingくさ、くさ-、-ぐさ
JōyōGrade 1
  1. weed
  2. herb
  3. thatch
  4. ninja

Popular Usage

草履草臥れる

Radicals and components

Radical艸grassComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · sunflower · early (早) · sun (日) · day (日) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 238

Compound words

草履ぞうり
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
起草きそう
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
雑草ざっそう
weed
仕草しぐさ
gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour
芝草しばくさ
lawn; sod; turf
除草じょそう
weeding
草案そうあん
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
草花くさばな
flower; flowering plant
草原そうげん
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah
草稿そうこう
notes; draft; manuscript
草書そうしょ
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
牧草ぼくそう
pasture; grass
草木くさき
plants; vegetation
煙草タバコ
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
草食そうしょく
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
道草みちくさ
loitering on the way; wayside grass
草餅くさもち
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
草の根くさのね
roots of grass; places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
草分けくさわけ
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder
草刈りくさかり
mowing; mower
ほうれん草ほうれんそう
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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