草 : Grass

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Components:

艹早

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

On 'yomi:

ソウ(sou)

Kun 'yomi:

くさ(kusa) くさ-(kusā) -ぐさ(gusa)

Nanori:

そ(so) や(ya)

Strokes:	9
Radical:	艸 (140)
Usage Rating:	967

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	1

Unicode:	08349
jis208:	33-80

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草 Usage examples

埋め草(うめくさ)	(page) filler
白詰草(シロツメクサ) 白詰め草(シロツメクサ)	white clover (Trifolium repens), Dutch clover
雪割り草(ユキワリソウ) 雪割草(ユキワリソウ)	hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica), mealy primrose, liverwort
風鈴草(ふうりんそう)	Canterbury bell
煙草銭(たばこせん)	tobacco money
一年生草本(いちねんせいそうほん)	annual herb
越年草本(えつねんそうほん)	biennial herb
質草を流す(しちぐさをながす)	to forfeit a pawned article
草月流(そうげつりゅう)	Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
煙草を吸う(たばこをすう)	to smoke a cigarette
煙草を止める(タバコをやめる) 煙草をやめる(タバコをやめる)	to give up smoking
芳草(ほうそう)	fragrant herb
瑠璃唐草(ルリカラクサ)	nemophila (Nemophila menziesii), baby blue-eyes
蕗草(ろそう)	liquorice, licorice
鋸草(ノコギリソウ)	achillea
車前草(オオバコ)	plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
宵待草(よいまちぐさ)	evening primrose
草餅(くさもち) 草餠(くさもち)	rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
餅草(もちぐさ)	Japanese mugwort
葉煙草(はたばこ)	leaf tobacco
花菱草(はなびしそう)	California poppy
噛み煙草(かみたばこ) 噛煙草(かみたばこ)	chewing tobacco
薬草療法(やくそうりょうほう)	herbal therapy
鷺草(サギソウ)	fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata), white egret flower, sagiso
山川草木(さんせんそうもく)	nature, natural scenery
福草(さきくさ)	lucky grass
藺草(イグサ)	soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens)
一木一草(いちぼくいっそう)	a single tree or blade of grass, every stick and stone (of a place)
仮名草子(かなぞうし) 仮名草紙(かなぞうし)	early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children)
草ぼうぼう(くさぼうぼう) 草茫茫(くさぼうぼう) 草茫々(くさぼうぼう)	covered with weeds
目草(まぐさ)	lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
弟切草科(おとぎりそうか)	Clusiaceae, Guttiferae
御辞儀草(おじぎそう)	mimosa (Mimosa pudica), sensitive plant, touch-me-not