漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
藻: seaweed, duckweed
JLPT N119 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 艹grass(meaning)
- 澡(sound)
艹 carries the meaning · 澡 gives the sound
19 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 海藻かいそうseaweed
- 藻類そうるいseaweeds; algae; waterweeds
もmo · kun'yomi · on its own
- 藻もalgae; waterweed; seaweed
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side藻 seaweed · 艹 + 澡
vs繰 winding · 糸 + 喿In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zǎo
Same form: 藻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 藻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 藻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zǎo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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