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
- —食草edible grass (for insects); larval food plant
- —玄草Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)
- —行草running and cursive scripts
- —勁草wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically)
- —蟒草Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
- —抑草weed suppression (by mulching, etc.)
- —草莽commoner; humble subject; private citizen who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period; grassy place; bush
- —緑草green grass; verdure
- —草薬herbal medicine
- —霊草miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
- —採草cutting grass for fodder or compost; seaweed collecting
- —仙草Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
- —乾草hay; dry grass
- —煙草tobacco
- —草質herbaceous
- —錦草trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
- —巴草great St. Johns wort (Hypericum ascyron); giant St. John's wort
- —一年草annual; annual plant
- —伽草子fairy-tale book
- —枯草熱hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)