草 — Chinese character
草
cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
- Pinyin
- cǎo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 早
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 早
- Japanese
- 草 as a kanji
Common words with 草
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie |
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 起草 | qǐ cǎo | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) |
| 草莓 | cǎo méi | strawberry; 颗 (kē) |
| 草根 | cǎo gēn | grass roots (lit. and fig.) |
| 草地 | cǎo dì | lawn; meadow |
| 草坪 | cǎo píng | lawn |
| 杂草 (雜草) | zá cǎo | weeds |
| 草拟 (草擬) | cǎo nǐ | first draft; to draw up (a first version) |
| 稻草 | dào cǎo | rice straw |
| 香草 | xiāng cǎo | aromatic herb; vanilla |
English words written with 草
草 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 13 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 76
- Analects 12.19
- Analects 14.9
- Analects 17.9
- Analects 19.12
- Art of War 9.8
- Art of War 9.21
- Mencius 3A.2
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