藻
藻 — Seaweed
seaweed, duckweed
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiも (mo)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 藻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海藻 | かいそう kaisou | seaweed |
| 藻 | も mo | algae; waterweed; seaweed |
| 藻類 | そうるい sourui | seaweeds; algae; waterweeds |
Study notes
藻 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2124 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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