草

音読おんよみ: ソウ

訓読くんよみ: くさ

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: 艹(くさかんむり)

Meaning

Grass / Plants / Herbs

  • 草花くさばな — grass and flowers
  • 草案そうあん — draft / proposal
  • 雑草ざっそう — weeds
  • 草原そうげん — grassland
  • 草食そうしょく — herbivorous

The kanji uses the 艹 (grass) radical, showing plants growing upward. It appears in words related to plants, nature, and also metaphorical meanings such as drafts or preliminary versions.

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