草 – grass, weeds, herbs

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The kanji 草 means grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ (kusa, kusa, gusa). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	くさ	kusa
Kun’yomi	くさ-	kusa
Kun’yomi	-ぐさ	gusa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 十・日・艾.

Words using 草

草くさgrass草履ぞうりzori

Example sentences

月には草が生えて無い。

There is no grass on the moon.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著薄芝薦華荒

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