Japanese symbol for “wildflowers”
野草
やそう
Romaji: yasou
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
In Japanese, wildflowers is 野草, read やそう (yasou).
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Meanings
- n wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
Written forms: 野草. Readings: やそう、のぐさ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 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.