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藻 — kanji meaning “seaweed”

seaweed, duckweed

Meanings
seaweed, duckweed
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
19
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#2124 of 2,500
Classical radical
140
Chinese reading
zǎo — Chinese character page

Words with 藻

WordReadingMeaning
かいそう kaisouseaweed
そうるい souruiseaweeds; algae; waterweeds
たまも tamamoseaweed
もくず mokuzuscraps of seaweed
けいそうど keisoudodiatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl
けいそう keisoudiatom
かっそう kassoubrown algae; phaeophyceae
りょくそう ryokusougreen algae
もしお moshioseaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
まりも marimomarimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball
もがく mogakuto struggle; to writhe; to wriggle
こうそう kousoured algae; Rhodophyta

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