Kanji1 / 9
草 kanji
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
くさくさ--ぐさ
Words with 草
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —お伽草子fairy-tale book
- —かすみ草common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
- —ふだん草Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
- —浮世草子ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class
- —釣り鐘草campanula; bellflower
- —草食動物herbivore
- —草根木皮roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine
- —雪割り草hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
- —薬草療法herbal therapy
- —山川草木nature; natural scenery
- —一木一草a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
- —仮名草子kanazōshi; early Edo-period genre written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji, primarily intended for women and children
- —立麝香草common thyme (Thymus vulgaris); garden thyme
- —西洋鋸草yarrow (Achillea millefolium); milfoil
- —衝羽根草Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
- —西洋桜草primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
- —レース草lace-leaf plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis, Aponogeton madagascariensis); lattice-leaf plant
- —草々不一Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")
- —深草兎歩crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja
- —紫弁慶草orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)