"草稿" meaning in Japanese

See 草稿 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [so̞ːko̞ː] Forms: 草稿 [canonical] (ruby: (そう), 稿(こう)), sōkō [romanization], saukau [romanization], さうかう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /saukau/ → /sɔːkɔː/ → /soːkoː/ Ultimately from Middle Chinese 草稿 (MC tshawX). First attested in Japanese in 1116. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/saukau/}} /saukau/, {{IPAfont|/sɔːkɔː/}} /sɔːkɔː/, {{IPAfont|/soːkoː/}} /soːkoː/, {{bor|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|草稿}} 草稿 (MC tshawX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そうこう|hhira=さうかう}} 草(そう)稿(こう) • (sōkō) ^(←さうかう (saukau)?)
  1. notes, draft Wikipedia link: Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Synonyms: 下書き (english: outline, sketch), 原稿 (english: first draft, original version), 草案 (english: draft, rough idea)
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          "草",
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Download raw JSONL data for 草稿 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "草稿"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "草稿",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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