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草

grass
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingくさ、くさ-、-ぐさ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. grassRtK
    彼は草の上に横になった。He lay down on the grass.tatoeba
    彼は草の上に横たわって寝てしまった。He lay down on the grass and went to sleep.tatoeba
  2. draft
  3. herbs
  4. pasture
  5. weeds
  6. write
  1. weed
  2. herb
  3. thatch
  4. ninja

Popular Usage

草履草臥れる

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · sunflower · early (早) · sun (日) · day (日) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 238

Compound words

草履ぞうり
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
仕草しぐさ
gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour
草餅くさもち
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
起草きそう
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
雑草ざっそう
weed
芝草しばくさ
lawn; sod; turf
除草じょそう
weeding
草案そうあん
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
草花くさばな
flower; flowering plant
草原そうげん
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah
草稿そうこう
notes; draft; manuscript
草書そうしょ
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
牧草ぼくそう
pasture; grass
草木くさき
plants; vegetation
煙草タバコ
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
草食そうしょく
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
道草みちくさ
loitering on the way; wayside grass
草の根くさのね
roots of grass; places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
草分けくさわけ
pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler; pioneer; founder
草刈りくさかり
mowing; mower
ほうれん草ほうれんそう
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
遺草いそう
posthumous works
詠草えいそう
draft poem
下草したくさ
undergrowth

Kun Reading Examples

彼は草の上に横たわっていた。くさ
He was lying on the grass.tatoeba
彼はベッドを草で間に合わせた。くさ
He made do with a bed of grass.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は草の上に横たわっていた。
He was lying on the grass.tatoeba
彼は私に煙草を吸わないように忠告した。
He advised me not to smoke.tatoeba
夏河を越すうれしさよ手に草履
The joy of crossing/a river in summer/sandals in handwiki
草履を履くときは畳表のものを履く。
Zori should be made of tatami straw.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 草

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step