Chinese symbol for “herbaceous”
草本
cǎo běn
herbaceous; original draft (of a manuscript etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for herbaceous is 草本 (cǎo běn), defined as: herbaceous; original draft (of a manuscript etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 草本.
| 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.) |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
See also: Japanese symbol for “herbaceous”.
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.
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