花
厶
草 - Grass
Grass
components
flower - the plant‑top radical (grass crown 艹)
Early - the “early/fast” phonetic part (早)
草 - the full character
A field wakes early: before dawn, festival drums echo “don-don” as children tuck little paper flowers (flower) in the grass, their petals catching the first blush of sunrise.
Beneath, the sun climbs fast and bold (Early), painting the tips of each blade gold-so fast, the grass seems to leap up to greet it.
You giggle-the grass dances so early it looks like it’s laughing (草, internet LOL), a living field of joy that stretches all the way to the shrine of Kaya-no-hime, the grass goddess.
Every time you spot “grass” in Japanese, picture those sunlit festival fields, bursting with laughter before the rest of the world is awake.
