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
- —大瑠璃草hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum zeylanicum)
- —本草和名Japanese Names of Medical Herbs (book written 901-923)
- —一年生草本annual herb
- —西洋風蝶草spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
- —アメリカ草moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
- —除草剤耐性herbicide resistance; herbicide resistant
- —草庵風茶室rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut
- —草食系男子man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
- —背高泡立草Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
- —果物時計草passion fruit (Passiflora edulis); passionfruit
- —麝香連理草sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
- —仙草ゼリーgrass jelly (jelly-like Asian dessert)
- —絵草紙売りezōshi hawker
- —秋の麒麟草goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica)
- —秋の田村草East Asian sage (Salvia japonica)
- —車葉衝羽根草Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
- —早池峰薄雪草Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)
- —深山秋の麒麟草European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
- —草木国土悉皆成仏all things have the Buddha nature
- —草vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)