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Chinese symbol for “carelessly”

草草
cǎo cǎo
carelessly; hastily

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carelessly is 草草 (cǎo cǎo), defined as: carelessly; hastily.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
草
草 cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “carelessly”

WordPinyinMeaning
不经意 (不經意)bù jīng yìnot paying attention; carelessly; by accident

Related words

Other words that share a character with 草草.

WordPinyinMeaning
草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
起草qǐ cǎoto make a draft; to draw up (plans)
草莓cǎo méistrawberry; 颗 (kē)
草根cǎo gēngrass roots (lit. and fig.)

See also: Japanese symbol for “carelessly”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.