Japanese symbol for “mowing”

草刈り

くさかり

Romaji: kusakari

mowing; mower

In Japanese, mowing is 草刈り, read くさかり (kusakari).

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Meanings

n mowing; mower

Kanji and stroke order

草

grass, weeds, herbs

on: ソウ
kun: くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

刈

reap, cut, clip

on: ガイ、カイ
kun: か.る

4 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “mowing”

Word	Reading	Meaning
刈除	がいじょ gaijo	removal; cut off; mowing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
煙草	タバコ tabako	tobacco; cigarette; cigar
草原	そうげん sougen	grassy field; grassland; meadow
雑草	ざっそう zassou	weed
草食	そうしょく soushoku	herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
草木	くさき kusaki	plants; vegetation
草案	そうあん souan	draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
刈る	かる karu	to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip
稲刈り	いねかり inekari	rice reaping; rice harvesting

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.