Moto 藻: Seaweed; DuckweedKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi
- も
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 88 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ)
- 海藻かいそうseaweed
- 藻類そうるいseaweed; algae
- けい藻土けいそうどdiatomaceous earth; diatomite
- 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
- 円石藻えんせきそうcoccolithophorid
- 才藻さいそうpoetic talent
- 採藻さいそうcutting grass for fodder or compost
- 接合藻類せつごうそうるいZygnematophyceae (class of green algae)
- 文藻ぶんそうliterary talent
- 氷雪藻ひょうせつそうwatermelon snow; snow algae
- 海藻類かいそうるいseaweed; sea vegetable
- 淡水藻たんすいそうfresh-water algae
- 渦鞭毛藻うずべんもうそうdinoflagellate
- 渦鞭毛藻類うずべんもうそうるいdinoflagellates
- 灰色藻かいしょくそうglaucophyte
- 灰色藻綱かいしょくそうこうGlaucophyceae; class of glaucophytes
- 珪藻けいそうdiatom
- 珪藻土けいそうどdiatomaceous earth; diatomite
- 石灰藻せっかいそうcalcareous algae
- 紅藻こうそうred algae; rhodophyceae
- 緑藻りょくそうgreen algae
- 緑藻植物りょくそうしょくぶつchlorophyte
- 緑藻植物門りょくそうしょくぶつもんChlorophyta; division of green algae
- 緑藻類りょくそうるいgreen algae; chlorophyceae
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 藻もalgae; waterweed
- 藻掻くもがくto struggle; to writhe
- カナダ藻カナダもwaterweed (any aquatic plant of genus Elodea, esp. common waterweed, Elodea canadensis)
- 三日月藻みかづきもClosterium (genus of algae)
- 光藻ひかりもOchromonas vischeri (species of golden alga)
- 品字藻ひんじもstar duckweed (Lemna trisulcata); ivy duckweed
- 大カナダ藻おおカナダもBrazilian elodea (species of aquatic plant, Egeria densa)
- 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)
- 念珠藻ねんじゅもnostoc
- 房藻ふさもwhorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
- 手蔓藻蔓てづるもづるbasket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina); basket fish
- 松藻まつもcommon hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
- 松藻虫まつもむしNotonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
- 毬藻まりもmarimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae
- 海の藻くずうみのもくずwatery grave (metaphor)
- 海の藻くずとなるうみのもくずとなるto be drowned at sea
- 海の藻くずと消えるうみのもくずときえるto be drowned at sea
- 海の藻屑うみのもくずwatery grave (metaphor)
- 海の藻屑となるうみのもくずとなるto be drowned at sea
- 海の藻屑と消えるうみのもくずときえるto be drowned at sea
- 狸藻たぬきもbladderwort
- 玉藻たまもseaweed
- 甘藻あまもeelgrass (Zostera marina)
- 穂咲の総藻ほざきのふさもEurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- 糸藻いともsmall pondweed (Potamogeton pusillus)
- 茨藻いばらもspiny water nymph (Najas marina); spiny naiad
Other readings
- 寄藻よりもwashed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed
- 揺藻ゆれもOscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
- 数珠藻じゅずもChaetomorpha algae; Chaeto
- 狢藻まじなもwaterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
- 神馬藻ほんだわらSargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
- 稚海藻わかめwakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
- 茨藻海老いばらもえびspiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)
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