草

Sprung
Originally uploaded by _Dano.

Grass, plant

• trava (grass)
• biljka (plant)

草（くさ）
kusa

草（ソウ）原（ゲン） - grassy field
sougen

• travnato polje
  

草

• The top part originally looked like 艸, which meant grass/weed. 早 (sou) was added for pronunciation purposes.

Also see 朝、早

The ┼┼ radical （くさかんむり） is often used with a kanji that relates to a plant:
葉　leaf

• list

花　flower

• cvijet

芽　bud, sprout

• pup, pupoljak

茎　stem, stalk

• stabljika

蘭　orchid

• orhideja

苺　strawberry

• jagoda

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Radical: ┼┼
Stroke Count: 9
音： ソウ
訓： くさ
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