noun

  1. great variety of flowering plants.
  2. light greenish-blue. Abbreviation.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

  1. various.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
千草 ちぐさ
千草 ちくさ
千種 ちぐさ
千種 ちくさ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
grass, weeds, herbs
くさ ソウ そ (1st, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)