草書

See also: 草书

Chinese
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 book; letter
trad. (草書) 草 書
simp. (草书) 草 书

Pronunciation

Noun

草書

  1. (calligraphy) cursive script

Usage notes

Sometimes translated as grass script, mistaking the character 草 (cǎo) as meaning grass, when in fact it refers to writing which is careless; sloppy; hasty, for example the meaning implied in the compound words 潦草 (liáocǎo) and 草率 (cǎoshuài).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
草 書
そう
Grade: 1		 しょ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 草書 (MC t͡sʰɑuX ɕɨʌ).

Pronunciation

Noun

草書 (hiragana そうしょ, rōmaji sōsho, historical hiragana さうしよ)

  1. grass script (cursive writing)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
草書

Noun

草書 • (choseo) (hangeul 초서)

  1. Hanja form? of 초서 (“grass script”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
草書

Noun

草書

  1. Hán tự form of thảo thư (“grass script”).
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