Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
straw
Kun:
わら
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2488 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 藁 【わら】 straw
  • 笑 【わら】 LOL, haha
  • 敷き藁 【しきわら】 (animal's) litter, bedding
  • 巻藁 【まきわら】 straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao3
Korean:
go

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4083 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2682 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3015 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32222X Morohashi
5234 New Nelson (John Haig)
2400 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2480 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k14.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-14 SKIP code
2-4-14 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-47-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85c1 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

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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

15 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
perform, complete, footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet)
Kun:
は.く
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 履歴書 【リレキショ】 personal history, curriculum vitae, resume
  • 履行 【リコウ】 performance (of a duty), fulfillment (of a promise), fulfilment, execution (of a contract), discharge, implementation
  • 草履 【ゾウリ】 zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals
  • 再履 【サイリ】 repeating a course, taking a course again

Kun reading compounds

  • 履く 【はく】 to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear, to affix (a sword to one's hip), to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • llevar a cabo uno mismo
  • calzado
  • calzarse

Portuguese

  • calçado
  • sapatos
  • botas
  • usar (sapatos
  • meias)

French

  • chausser
  • enfiler
  • chaussures
  • bottes
  • expérience
1896 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1657 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1404 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1639 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1234 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2415 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1635 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1745 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1405 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
534 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3933 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1066 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7799 Morohashi
3171 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1434 New Nelson (John Haig)
1057 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1755 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3767 2001 Kanji
3r12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-45-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c65 Unicode hex code