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
- —衣笠草Japanese canopy plant (Paris japonica)
- —田字草European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock
- —山野草wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)
- —朱鷺草pogonia (Pogonia japonica)
- —大鷺草Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
- —鈴虫草Liparis makinoana (species of miniature orchid)
- —釣船草touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
- —一輪草Anemone nikoensis (species of anemone); ichirinso; poppy anenome
- —君影草lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
- —石持草shield sundew (Drosera peltata); pale sundew
- —舞鶴草snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley
- —吉祥草Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
- —鍬形草Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
- —草本帯floral zone; herb zone
- —仙人草sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)
- —雁首草Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
- —尾瀬草Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
- —真行草printed, semi-cursive, and cursive styles of writing Chinese characters; three-category system in traditional disciplines: basic, halfway, and transformed
- —雑草魂tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds; die hard spirit
- —節分草Eranthis pinnatifida