Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned
Kun:
か.れるか.らす
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1749 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枯れ木 【カレキ】 dead tree, withered tree, leafless tree, bare tree
  • 枯死 【コシ】 withering, dying
  • 栄枯 【エイコ】 vicissitudes, ups and downs
  • 蒼古 【ソウコ】 old-fashioned and tasteful

Kun reading compounds

  • 枯れる 【かれる】 to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die, to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
  • 枯らす 【からす】 to let dry, to kill (vegetation), to season (lumber)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • marchito
  • seco
  • decaimiento
  • secar
  • malograr
  • marchitarse
  • secarse
  • decaer

Portuguese

  • encolher
  • secar
  • ressecar
  • evaporar

French

  • dépérir
  • mourir
  • se faner
  • sec (bois)
1231 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1246 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
627 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
974 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1356 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1083 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1113 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14579 Morohashi
898 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2634 New Nelson (John Haig)
206 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
219 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1268 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1877 2001 Kanji
4a5.26 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4496.0 Four corner code
1-24-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67af Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Kun:
くさくさ--ぐさ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
  • 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
  • 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
  • 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
  • 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
  • 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
  • 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass

Readings

Japanese names:
そ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • hierba
  • planta

Portuguese

  • grama
  • erva daninha
  • ervas
  • pasto
  • escrever
  • esboçar

French

  • herbe
  • mauvaise herbe
  • plantes
  • pâturage
  • écrire
  • ébauche
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
229 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30945P Morohashi
2263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5032 New Nelson (John Haig)
224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4440.6 Four corner code
1-33-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8349 Unicode hex code