EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    grassy field; grassland; meadow

    野生の動物たちが草原を歩き回っていた。
    Wild animals roamed across the plains.
  2. grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie; steppe

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Characters in this word

2
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

そ、や

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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Kun
はら
On
ゲン
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
172 of 2500
Radical
cliff
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

た、ばる、ら、わた、わら

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-8SKIP code
2p8.1The Kanji Dictionary
7129.6Four corner code
3341deroo
539fUnicode hex code
1-24-22JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
825Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
652New Nelson (John Haig)
3009New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3733Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2593Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
134Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
142Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
132A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1231Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
202Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2973Morohashi
107A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205sakade
388Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
119henshall3
192Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
113crowley
405Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
260Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
136Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level