Entry
  1. Noun

    hay; dry grass

    干し草を納屋に蓄えた。
    We stored the hay in the barn.

Also written 干草【ほしくさ】乾し草【ほしくさ】乾草【ほしくさ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Kun
ほ.すほ.し--ぼ.しひ.る
On
カン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1349 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

ほし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2k1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1040.0Four corner code
3155deroo
5e72Unicode hex code
1-20-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1492Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1589New Nelson (John Haig)
3379New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2116Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2863Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1777Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1179A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
26Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1542Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9165Morohashi
825A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
584Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
593Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
840henshall3
826Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
506Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
572Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1663Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1, gan4Pinyin reading
gan, gangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

Kun
くさくさ--ぐさ
On
ソウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N3
Frequency
967 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
3k6.13The Kanji Dictionary
4440.6Four corner code
1955deroo
8349Unicode hex code
1-33-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3939Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5032New Nelson (John Haig)
2263New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2813Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
224Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
705A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
934Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
118Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30945PMorohashi
162A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
249Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
106sakade
865Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
57henshall3
77Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
229Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cao3Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level