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
- —波布草coffee senna (Senna occidentalis)
- —九階草bowman's root (Veronicastrum sibiricum); Culver's root
- —松雪草snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis); snow-flower
- —草紙剝scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
- —吊舟草touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
- —蠅毒草Asian lopseed (Phryma leptostachya subsp. asiatica)
- —稲盛草Japanese madder (Pseudopyxis depressa)
- —二色草trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
- —留紅草cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit); cypressvine morning-glory; cardinal creeper
- —御伽草子fairy-tale book
- —フダン草Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla); silverbeet
- —浮世草紙ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class
- —仮名草紙kanazōshi; early Edo-period genre written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji, primarily intended for women and children
- —お辞儀草mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
- —御辞儀草mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
- —枕の草子The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
- —草草不一Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")
- —踊り子草Lamium album var. barbatum (variety of white deadnettle)
- —一薬草科Pyrolaceae (family of evergreen perennial herbs)
- —蔓日日草bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major); greater periwinkle