草

草 — grass, weeds, herbs

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #967 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: そう sou
Kun'yomi: くさ kusa

くさ- kusa-

-ぐさ -gusa

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 草

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