草
草 — cho
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 풀 초
- Romanization
- cho
- English
- grass, straw, thatch, herbs
- Mandarin
- cǎo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ソウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- くさ くさ- -ぐさ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #967 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+8349
Parts that make up 草
How 草 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 草 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 早.
Korean example words with 草
- 초근草根 Korean gloss: 풀의 뿌리
- 초로草路 Korean gloss: 풀숲에 난 길
- 만초蔓草 Korean gloss: 덩굴이 뻗는 풀
- 약초藥草 Korean gloss: 약으로 쓰는 풀
- 초고草稿 Korean gloss: 초벌로 쓴 원고
- 고초枯草 Korean gloss: 시들어서 마른 풀
- 반초半草 Korean gloss: 반쯤 흘려 쓴 글
- 시초柴草 Korean gloss: 땔나무로 쓰는 풀
- 제초除草 Korean gloss: 잡초를 뽑아 없앰
- 방초芳草 Korean gloss: 향기롭고 꽃다운 풀
- 부초浮草 Korean gloss: 물에 떠서 사는 풀
- 와초瓦草 Korean gloss: 기와지붕에 자란 풀
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 草
- 草くさ grass; weed; herb
- 草案そうあん draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
- 草の根くさのね roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
- 草原そうげん grassy field; grassland; meadow
- 起草きそう drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
- 草分けくさわけ pathfinder; trailblazer; early settler
- 雑草ざっそう weed
- 仕草しぐさ gesture; movement; action
- 草花くさばな flower; flowering plant
- 除草じょそう weeding
- 草木くさき plants; vegetation
- 牧草ぼくそう pasture; grass
Other hanja read “초”
Other hanja with radical 艸
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