そう
草
もう
莽

noun

  1. commoner, humble subject. Messages.form.
  2. private citizen who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Messages.hist.
  3. grassy place, bush. Obsolete term.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
草
もう
莽
 草莽 そうもう
そう
草
ぼう
莽
 草莽 そうぼう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grass, weeds, herbs
くさ　ソウ　そ (1st, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
early, fast
はや.い　サッ　ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
grass, grassy field
モウ　ボウ　くさ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)