干ほし草くさ

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Written forms

• 干し草Usage80%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • ほしくさ

    Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.

  • ほしぐさ
• 干草Usage14%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • ほしくさ

    Abbreviated kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

  • ほしぐさ
• 乾草Usage4%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  irregular okurigana
  • ほしくさ

    Irregular okurigana usage; very rare and non-standard.

  • ほしぐさ
• 乾し草Usage2%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  rarely-used kanji form
  • ほしくさ

    Rarely used kanji form; 乾 is not the standard character for this word.

  • ほしぐさ
• ほしぐさ

Etymology

Compound of 干し (hoshi, 'drying', the continuative form of 干す) + 草 (kusa, 'grass'). The reading ほしぐさ is a rendaku variant.