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
- —銀竜草擬Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
- —草食男子man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
- —絵草紙屋ezōshi shop; Edo-period shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
- —山瑠璃草Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
- —草原雷鳥greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- —冬虫夏草caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
- —大反魂草cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower
- —大泡立草giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla); late goldenrod
- —琉球鷺草Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
- —滑ら鷺草Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
- —大文字草Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
- —長之助草mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
- —魯魚章草miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
- —小蜜柑草chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
- —サボン草soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
- —牧草肥育grass feeding (livestock)
- —草原の道Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)
- —小梅蕙草white hellebore (Veratrum stamineum); false hellebore
- —蔓日々草bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major); greater periwinkle
- —打草驚蛇prodding the unknown may bring about unnecessary trouble; brushing a patch of grass may startle a snake