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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).

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
本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 草本.

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.)
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; 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.