Entry
  1. Noun

    Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)

    Usually written using kana alone

    バラのとげで刺されるよりは、いらくさのとげで刺された方がましだ。
    It is better to be stung by a nettle than pricked by a rose.

Also written 蕁麻【いらくさ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card

Kun
さ.すさ.さるさ.しさしとげ
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1031 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
2f6.2The Kanji Dictionary
5290.0Four corner code
1543deroo
523aUnicode hex code
1-27-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
682Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480New Nelson (John Haig)
1275New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
417Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
446Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
954A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
654Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1139Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1969Morohashi
1314A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
881Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
902Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1154Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1319Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
192Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
424Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ci4Pinyin reading
ja, cheogKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani 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