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cursive script; grass script
The most abbreviated and flowing style of Chinese/Japanese calligraphy. Characters are highly simplified and strokes are often connected, making it difficult to read without specialized training.
草書は読みにくい。
Cursive script is hard to read.
草書で書かれた手紙を解読する。
To decipher a letter written in cursive script.
ひらがなは漢字の草書体から生まれた文字だ。
Hiragana are characters that evolved from the cursive forms of Chinese characters.
Composed of 草 (grass, rough draft) + 書 (writing, script). Also called 草書体. The most abbreviated of the five script styles. Key historical fact: Japanese hiragana developed from 草書 forms of 万葉仮名 characters — for example, あ derives from the 草書 of 安, and は from 波. Common collocations: 草書体 (cursive style), 草書で書く (to write in cursive). While rarely used in modern daily life, 草書 remains important in 書道 (calligraphy) and for reading historical documents.