花草

Chinese

flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (花草) 花 草
simp. #(花草) 花 草
anagram 草花

Pronunciation

Noun

花草

  1. (collective) flowers and grass; plants
  2. (figurative, literary) woman; girl
  3. (Taiwanese Hakka, figurative) acrobatics; juggling
  4. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) a folk dance style in the Southern Min region

Synonyms

  • (plants):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花草):
  • → Korean: 화초(花草) (hwacho)

Adjective

花草

  1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) unnecessary and overelaborate

Derived terms

  • 花花草草
  • 花草步

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花 草
はな
Grade: 1 		くさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花(はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”).

Noun

花(はな)草(くさ) or 花草(ハナクサ) • (hanakusa) 

  1. synonym of 母子草 (hahakogusa): Jersey cudweed (Pseudognaphalium affine, syn. Gnaphalium affine)
  2. synonym of 蓬, 艾 (yomogi): Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  3. synonym of 蓮華草 (rengesō): Chinese milkvetch (Astragalus sinicus)

Proper noun

花(はな)草(くさ) • (Hanakusa) 

  1. a surname
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