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Kanji for Grass
The kanji for “grass” is 草, read sou and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
grass
Wild grass that grows back stronger after every storm.
9 strokes On reading ソウ (sou) Kun reading くさ、ぐさ (kusa, gusa) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kusa, sou
In Japan it appears in about 246 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 草: Alexander 安礼草舵 · Alexa 安礼草
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