草

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-ぐさくさくさ-

Nanori (名乗り)

そや

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:9

JLPT:N3

Frequency:967

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
起草	キソウ	drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
除草	ジョソウ	weeding
草案	ソウアン	draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
草花	ソウカ	flower; flowering plant
草原	ソウゲン	grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
草臥れる	くたびれる	to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
雑草	ざっそう	weed
仕草	しぐさ	gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism; acting; performance
草	くさ	grass; weed; herb; thatch; ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine; substandard; LOL; haha
草の根	くさのね	roots of grass; places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

candy, cakes, fruit

eminent, table, desk, high

warehouse, storehouse

bury, be filled up, embedded

curtain, bunting, act of play

simple, one, single, merely

seedling, sapling, shoot

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of