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common

ソウ/SŌ/    くさ/kusa/    くさ-/kusa-/    -ぐさ/-gusa/SOU/ソウ/    kusa/くさ/    kusa-/くさ-/    -gusa/-ぐさ/

grass;  weeds;  herbs;  pasture;  write;  draft

Radical: 艹 (grass).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 十日⺾.   Pinyin: cǎo.   Hangul: 초 [cho].   Nanori: そ / やso / ya.

Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
ソウSŌ草書【そうしょsōsho】cursive script; "grass" kanji
草紙【そうしsōshi】written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
多年草【たねんそうtanensō】perennial plant
くさkusa夏草【なつくさnatsukusa】summer grass
下草【したくさshitakusa】undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
唐草【からくさkarakusa】arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
Codepoints and classification codes:
8349–Unicode
33-80–JIS X 0208
2-3-6–SKIP
3k6.13–TKD
4440.6–Four Corner
1955–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
3939–Classic Nelson
5032–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2263–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1450–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
224–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
705–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
934–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
118–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
30945P–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 654
162–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
249–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
106–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
865–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
57–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
77–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
567–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
652–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
229–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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