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The Kanji Map

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: も

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition: 艹 澡

藻

Radical

Radical: 艸

Meaning: grass

Reading: くさ

艸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

藻類 (ソウルイ) seaweed, algae

藻菌類 (ソウキンルイ) algal fungi

海藻 (カイソウ) seaweed

石灰藻 (セッカイソウ) calcareous algae

Kunyomi Examples

藻 (も) algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed

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

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

菅藻 (すがも) Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)

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