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Cao / Kusa / Grass
草 means grass or straw in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Depending on the context, this can also mean a manuscript, draft (of a document), or rough copy. In the botany context, it can also refer to weeds, herbs, thatch, or plants.
草 is also the first character of caoshu or sōsho, the Chinese and Japanese wild cursive script style of calligraphy.
Sometimes written in variant form 艸.
This can be the surname Sou/Sō, or the given name Kusa in Japanese (there are also other romanizations for this Kanji).
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
草 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao hajime はじめ |
More info & calligraphy: Cao / Kusa / Grass(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ). |
六体 see styles |
rottai ろったい |
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive; (place-name) Rottai |
崩す see styles |
kuzusu くずす |
(transitive verb) (1) to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level; (transitive verb) (2) to disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky; (transitive verb) (3) to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; (transitive verb) (4) (oft. 札を崩す, etc.) to break (a bill); to change; to make change; (transitive verb) (5) (oft. as 字を崩す) to write in cursive style; to write in running style; (transitive verb) (6) (as 顔を崩す, etc.) to break into a smile; to let off a smile; (transitive verb) (7) to lower (a price) |
正體 正体 see styles |
zhèng tǐ zheng4 ti3 cheng t`i cheng ti shōtai |
standard form (of a Chinese character); plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic); printed style (as opposed to cursive); (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters substance |
草体 see styles |
soutai / sotai そうたい |
(See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style |
草書 草书 see styles |
cǎo shū cao3 shu1 ts`ao shu tsao shu sousho / sosho そうしょ |
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style |
行書 行书 see styles |
xíng shū xing2 shu1 hsing shu gyousho / gyosho ぎょうしょ |
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style |
行草 see styles |
xíng cǎo xing2 cao3 hsing ts`ao hsing tsao ikusa いくさ |
semicursive script running and cursive scripts; (female given name) Ikusa |
角字 see styles |
kakuji かくじ |
(1) style of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines, often used in seals, crests, etc.; (2) printed style (of writing Chinese characters; as opposed to cursive style); (3) kanji (as opposed to kana) |
體式 体式 see styles |
tǐ shì ti3 shi4 t`i shih ti shih |
(of characters) form; style (cursive, printed etc); (of a literary work) form; style; genre |
印刷體 印刷体 see styles |
yìn shuā tǐ yin4 shua1 ti3 yin shua t`i yin shua ti |
printed style (as opposed to cursive) |
崩し字 see styles |
kuzushiji くずしじ |
character written in a cursive style |
平仮名 see styles |
hiragana ひらがな |
(kana only) hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) |
手寫體 手写体 see styles |
shǒu xiě tǐ shou3 xie3 ti3 shou hsieh t`i shou hsieh ti |
handwritten form; cursive |
楷行草 see styles |
kaigyousou / kaigyoso かいぎょうそう |
(See 楷書,行書,草書,行草・ぎょうそう) printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts |
真行草 see styles |
shingyousou / shingyoso しんぎょうそう |
(1) (See 真書・1,行書,草書) printed, semi-cursive, and cursive styles of writing Chinese characters; (2) three-category system in traditional disciplines: basic, halfway, and transformed |
筆写体 see styles |
hisshatai ひっしゃたい |
cursive typeface |
筆記体 see styles |
hikkitai ひっきたい |
(See 活字体・1) cursive style |
続け字 see styles |
tsuzukeji つづけじ |
cursive handwriting; connected characters; running characters |
草仮名 see styles |
sougana / sogana そうがな |
(See 万葉仮名・まんようがな) cursive form of man'yōgana; man'yōgana written in sōsho style |
草勝ち see styles |
sougachi / sogachi そうがち |
(n,adj-nari) (archaism) (See 万葉仮名) mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing |
草書体 see styles |
soushotai / soshotai そうしょたい |
(See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style |
行書体 see styles |
gyoushotai / gyoshotai ぎょうしょたい |
(See 行書) semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style |
ひら仮名 see styles |
hiragana ひらがな |
(kana only) hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) |
上代仮名 see styles |
joudaigana / jodaigana じょうだいがな |
(hist) cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period); ancient kana |
崩し書き see styles |
kuzushigaki くずしがき |
cursive style of writing or calligraphy |
龍飛鳳舞 龙飞凤舞 see styles |
lóng fēi fèng wǔ long2 fei1 feng4 wu3 lung fei feng wu |
flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom) |
Variations: |
kuzushiji くずしじ |
character written in a cursive style |
Variations: |
tsuzukeji つづけじ |
cursive handwriting; connected characters; running characters |
Variations: |
kuzushigaki くずしがき |
cursive style of writing or calligraphy |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Cao Kusa Grass | 草 | sou / kusa / so / kusa | cǎo / cao3 / cao | ts`ao / tsao |
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