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Kotomora

藻

seaweed, duckweed

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • も

Meaning

藻 centers on water plants: seaweed and duckweed, both floating or submerged vegetation in aquatic environments.

Most common words using 藻

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  • 藻も

    algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

  • 海藻かいそう
    N1

    seaweed

  • 藻類そうるい

    seaweeds; algae; waterweeds

  • 毬藻まりも

    marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball

  • 玉藻たまも

    seaweed

  • 藻屑もくず

    scraps of seaweed

  • 珪藻土けいそうど

    diatomaceous earth; diatomite; siliceous marl; kieselguhr

  • 珪藻けいそう

    diatom

  • 褐藻かっそう

    brown algae; phaeophyceae

  • カナダ藻カナダも

    waterweed (any aquatic plant of genus Elodea, esp. common waterweed, Elodea canadensis)

  • クリプト藻クリプトそう

    cryptophyte

  • ハプト藻類ハプトそうるい

    haptophyte

  • 三日月藻みかづきも

    Closterium (genus of algae)

  • 中国藻屑蟹ちゅうごくもくずがに

    Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

  • 光藻ひかりも

    Ochromonas vischeri (species of golden alga)

  • 円石藻えんせきそう

    coccolithophorid

  • 品字藻ひんじも

    star duckweed (Lemna trisulca); ivy duckweed

  • 寄り藻よりも

    washed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed

  • 小甘藻こあまも

    dwarf eelgrass (Nanozostera japonica); Japanese eelgrass

  • 山椒藻さんしょうも

    floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)

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Etymology

藻 combines 艹 (grass/plant) with 澡, which likely contributes the sound ソウ and relates to water, together suggesting water plants.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 艹 is a plant, and the bottom 澡 looks like water (氵) splashing around a tree (木) with mouths (口) like bubbles. Picture seaweed swaying in bubbly water.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine a soul (ソウ) of a seaweed floating peacefully in the ocean: soul -> ソウ, and the seaweed drifts with the current.