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艸 cǎo

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艸 cǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cǎo | cao3
English translation
grass

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About 艸 cǎo

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Number of strokes

6

Radical frequency

1902

Traditional form

艸 cǎo

Contains the radical

艸 cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Grass sprouting

Etymology of 艸 cǎo

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿰屮屮

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 cǎo represents the meaning and 早 zǎo represents the sound.

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Words with 艸 cǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
草 cǎo grass草 cǎo
草案 cǎoàn draft (legislation, proposal etc)草案 cǎoàn
草莓 cǎo méi strawberry草莓 cǎo méi
草坪 cǎo píng lawn草坪 cǎo píng
烟草 yān cǎo tobacco煙草
草原 cǎo yuán grassland草原 cǎo yuán
草地 cǎo dì lawn草地 cǎo dì
起草 qǐcǎo to make a draft起草 qǐcǎo
香草 xiāng cǎo vanilla香草 xiāng cǎo
草根 cǎo gēn grassroots草根 cǎo gēn
草率 cǎoshuài careless草率 cǎoshuài
稻草 dào cǎo rice straw稻草 dào cǎo
草药 cǎo yào herbal medicine草藥
草图 cǎo tú a sketch草圖
杂草 zá cǎo weeds雜草
草草 cǎo cǎo carelessly草草 cǎo cǎo
甘草 gān cǎo licorice root甘草 gān cǎo
花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants花草 huā cǎo
草丛 cǎo cóng underbrush草叢
草稿 cǎo gǎo draft草稿 cǎo gǎo
稻草人 dào cǎo rén scarecrow稻草人 dào cǎo rén
干草 gān cǎo hay乾草
草场 cǎo chǎng pastureland草場
打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake打草驚蛇
草皮 cǎo pí turf草皮 cǎo pí

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