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草 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「艸」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「艸」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
くさkusa
Meaning
grass

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass growing on the ground.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō草案そうあん雑草ざっそう牧草ぼくそう
Kunくさkusa草くさ草花くさばな語り草かたりぐさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 草くさ

    grass

  • 草花くさばな

    flowering plants

More words with this kanji

  • 薬草やくそう
  • 牧草ぼくそう
  • 雑草ざっそう
  • 唐草からくさ
  • 草庵そうあん
  • 萱草かんぞう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

草(くさ)が みどりです。

The grass is green.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 艸Map of reading ソウAll maps

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