Japanese symbol for “weeding”
除草
じょそう
Romaji: josou
weeding
In Japanese, weeding is 除草, read じょそう (josou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs weeding
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “weeding”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草むしり | くさむしり kusamushiri | weeding; weeder; weeding fork |
| 草取り | くさとり kusatori | weeding |
| 下刈り | したがり shitagari | weeding |
| 刈払い | かりはらい kariharai | weeding (prior to tree-planting) |
| 除伐 | じょばつ jobatsu | improvement cutting (of trees); cleaning; weeding |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解除 | かいじょ kaijo | termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding |
| 掃除 | そうじ souji | cleaning; sweeping; dusting |
| 排除 | はいじょ haijo | exclusion; removal; elimination |
| 削除 | さくじょ sakujo | deletion; elimination; erasure |
| 除外 | じょがい jogai | exception; exclusion |
| 除去 | じょきょ jokyo | removal; getting rid of |
| 煙草 | タバコ tabako | tobacco; cigarette; cigar |
| 草原 | そうげん sougen | grassy field; grassland; meadow |
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.