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Cao / Kusa / Grass

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 cǎo
 sou / kusa
 초
Cao / Kusa / Grass Scroll

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

クサ

see styles		  kusa
    クサ

クサ
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(place-name) Kusa

瘡

疮

see styles		 chuāng
    chuang1
ch`uang
    chuang
 kusa
    くさ

瘡
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sore; skin ulcer
eczema
A sore, ulcer.

九佐

see styles		  kusa
    くさ

九佐
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(surname) Kusa

矩奢

see styles		 jǔ shē
    ju3 she1
chü she
 kusha

矩奢
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(Skt. kuśa)

空佐

see styles		  kuusa / kusa
    くうさ

空佐
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(Self Defense Force's Air Force) colonel (defence); lieutenant; major

衢黠

see styles		 qú xiá
    qu2 xia2
ch`ü hsia
    chü hsia
 Kukatsu

衢黠
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Kuśa

賈作

贾作

see styles		 gǔ zuò
    gu3 zuo4
ku tso
 kusa

賈作
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engages in trade

上茅城

see styles		 shàng máo chéng
    shang4 mao2 cheng2
shang mao ch`eng
    shang mao cheng
 Jōbō jō

上茅城
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(上茅宮城) Kuśāgrapura, 矩奢揭羅補羅 city of Kuśa-grass palaces, or山城 the mountain city. v. 吉祥茅國.

吉祥草

see styles		 jí xiáng cǎo
    ji2 xiang2 cao3
chi hsiang ts`ao
    chi hsiang tsao
 kichijousou; kichijousou / kichijoso; kichijoso
    きちじょうそう; キチジョウソウ

吉祥草
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(kana only) Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
(or 吉祥茅); 矩奢. kuśa, auspicious grass used at religious ceremonials, poa cynosuroides.

姑尸草

see styles		 gū shī cǎo
    gu1 shi1 cao3
ku shih ts`ao
    ku shih tsao
 koshi sō

姑尸草
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矩奢 kuśa grass, grass of good omen for divination.

拘尸那

see styles		 jū shin à
    ju1 shin1 a4
chü shin a
 Kushina

拘尸那
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Kuśinagara; 拘尸那竭 or拘尸那揚羅; 拘夷那竭 (or 倶夷那竭); 倶尸那; 究施 a city identified by Professor Vogel with Kasiah, 180 miles north-west of Patna, 'capital city of the Mallas' (M. W.); the place where Śākyamuni died; 'so called after the sacred Kuśa grass.' Eitel. Not the same as Kuśāgārapura, v. 矩.

Variations:
草(P)
艸(oK)

see styles		  kusa
    くさ		 (1) grass; weed; herb; thatch; (2) (archaism) ninja; (prefix) (3) not genuine; substandard; (expression) (4) (net-sl) (multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembles grass: wwwwww) (See ｗ) LOL; haha

Variations:
草(P)
艸(rK)

see styles		  kusa
    くさ		 (1) grass; weed; herb; thatch; (2) (archaism) ninja; (3) (slang) marijuana; cannabis; (prefix) (4) not genuine; substandard; (expression) (5) (net-sl) (from multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembling grass: wwwwww) (See ｗ) LOL; haha

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Cao
Kusa
Grass		草sou / kusa / so / kusacǎo / cao3 / caots`ao / tsao


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