草 Kanji for grass

N3–N2Grade 19 strokes

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

Kun: くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ
On: ソウ

草 is the Japanese kanji for grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ and its on reading is ソウ.

Stroke order

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Words with 草

草くさむしりweeding, weeder, weeding fork
草そう案あんdraft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
草そう原げんgrassy field, grassland, meadow
雑ざっ草そうweed
草くさの根ねroots of grass, places hidden from sight
起き草そうdrafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Practice 草 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.