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Kotomora

叢

plexus, clump of bushes, thicket

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ
  • ス

Kun'yomi

  • くさむら
  • むら.がる
  • むら

Meaning

叢 centers on dense clustering: a thicket of bushes, a clump of plants, or any tangled plexus of things growing or gathering together.

Most common words using 叢

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  • 叢雲むらくも

    gathering clouds; group of clouds

  • 竹叢たかむら

    bamboo grove

  • 叢そう

    plexus; rete

  • 叢書そうしょ

    series (of publications); library (set of books)

  • 叢立ちむらだち

    standing in a group; standing up in unison

  • 一叢ひとむら

    copse; crowd; herd

  • 万緑叢中紅一点ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん

    one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men

  • 叢時雨むらしぐれ

    autumn shower; fall shower

  • 叢林そうりん

    dense wood; thick wood

  • 叢氷そうひょう

    pack ice

  • 叢生そうせい

    dense growth; thick growth; gregarious growth; growing in clusters

  • 叢祠そうし

    small shrine in a thicket

  • 叢考そうこう

    miscellaneous studies

  • 叢談そうだん

    collection of stories

  • 叢雲剣むらくものつるぎ

    Murakumo no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)

  • 天叢雲剣あまのむらくものつるぎ

    Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (sword; one of the three Imperial regalia); Ame-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi

  • 太陽神経叢たいようしんけいそう

    solar plexus

  • 微生物叢びせいぶつそう

    microbiota

  • 木叢こむら

    thicket

  • 杉叢すぎむら

    thicket of cedar trees

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Study

Etymology

叢 combines 丵 (a dense cluster of plants) with 取, which likely contributes a phonetic element. The overall idea is a thicket or clump.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 丵 looks like a tangled mass of vegetation, and the bottom 取 suggests gathering. Picture a dense clump of bushes so thick you have to take hold and pull them apart.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine a dense thicket so overgrown that you need to sew a path through it: sew -> ソウ, and the tangled bushes form a plexus.