藻

seaweed, duckweed

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

も

Stroke Order

19 / 19

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:19

JLPT:N1

Frequency:2124

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
海藻	カイソウ	seaweed
藻類	ソウルイ	seaweeds; algae; waterweeds
珪藻	ケイソウ	diatom
珪藻土	ケイソウド	diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr
紅藻	コウソウ	red algae; Rhodophyta

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
藻掻く	もがく	to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
稚海藻	わかめ	wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
藻	も	algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
褐藻	かっそう	brown algae; phaeophyceae
ケイ藻	けいそう	diatom

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