芝

しば · shiba · JLPT N1 · noun

lawn

🌱 芝 = grass plant radical 艹 + 之 (sound 'shi'); shiba is the grass you walk on

The top 艹 marks it as a plant, and 之 gives the sound. Think of 芝生 (shibafu), the lawn you sit and walk on.

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