Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: seaweed, duckweed

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソウルイ seaweed, algae

菌類 ソウキンルイ algal fungi

カイソウ seaweed

石灰 セッカイソウ calcareous algae

Kunyomi Examples

algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed

掻く もがく to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm, to act frantically, to make desperate efforts

山椒 さんしょうも floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)

すがも Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)