JLPT N1 · 19 strokes
Kanji 藻: "seaweed, duckweed"
The kanji 藻 means "seaweed, duckweed". It is written with 19 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and も in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
も
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | seaweed, duckweed |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 19 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2124 of 2,501 |
Common words with 藻
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 藻掻くto struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm · to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
- 藻algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
- 海藻seaweed
- 玉藻seaweed
- 藻屑scraps of seaweed
- 海の藻屑watery grave
- 毬藻marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball
- 海の藻屑となるto be drowned at sea
- 海藻類seaweed; sea vegetable
- 海の藻屑と消えるto be drowned at sea
- 藻類seaweeds; algae; waterweeds
- 藻塩seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
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