艹

Grass / Plant

N5 · 3 stroke · 20 kanji

Two plant shoots growing upward from a shared stem — the grass radical. 艹 appears at the top of every plant-related kanji, like a small garden growing from the character.

Memory hint

Two short vertical strokes, connected at the base by a horizontal bar. That is 艹 — two shoots of grass pushing up from the soil. You will find it at the top of every kanji about plants, flowers, and nature. It is the crown of the plant kingdom in kanji.

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Kanji using this radical

3 kanji

花

Flower

はな · か

茶

Tea

· ちゃ

草

Grass / Weed

くさ · そう

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