Kanji Detail for 叢 - "thicket, cluster"

叢

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

叢 means "thicket, cluster." Also associated with grove.
1. Thicket - A dense growth of bushes or grass.
2. Cluster - A group gathered together.
3. Grove - A small group of trees or plants.
Name readings of 叢

Surnames 叢(くさむら) 叢(そう)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

plexus; clump of bushes; thicket

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bush, shrub; thicket; collection

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

bush, shrub; thicket; collection

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To gather. Collecting many in one place is called 叢. Such as 叢書 (collected works), 叢報 (periodical collection). | A thicket is called 叢, referring to trees growing together. Also written as 藂, 樷. Calling temples 叢林, meaning where monks gather, like a great forest of trees. See (Zuting Biji).
Onyomi

soh(ソウ)

su(ス)
Kunyomi

kusamura(くさむら)

mura(むら)

mura.garu(むら-がる)
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

又 (mata)
Related Keywords

thicket cluster grove congregation group dense bushes bundle crowd gathering flock swarm herd pack heap assembly

後にそれらを売って、私はＲ．バートンの「歴史叢書」を買うことができたのだった。
I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections.