Readings

Kana: コウ、ソウ、ぬか
Romaji: kou, sou, nuka
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: かす
Romaji: kasu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dregs, sediment, grounds

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  119
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-11
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  zao1
Unicode:  7cdf
JIS:  416C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3487
New Nelson Index: 4423
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6b11.1
Four Corner Index: 9596.6
Japanese Names Index: 2632
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27104
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0922
Remembering the kanji Index: 2649
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2691

Words

(かす、カス)
dregs; sediment; grounds; meal; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; thing of little to no value; dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross; card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda)
糟汁 (かすじる)
soup made with sake lees
粕漬け (かすづけ)
(fish or vegetables) pickled in sake lees
糟毛 (かすげ)
roan (type of horse colour (color))
糟糠 (そうこう)
chaff and bran; plain food; worthless thing; trifle
〆粕 (しめかす)
oil cake; scrap cake
油かす (あぶらかす)
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs); deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind
粕取り (かすとり)
shochu made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
酒かす (さけかす)
sake lees
糟鮫 (かすざめ、カスザメ)
Japanese angel shark (Squatina japonica)
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