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Chinese symbol for “prairie”

草原
cǎo yuán
grassland; prairie; measure word: 片 (piàn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prairie is 草原 (cǎo yuán), defined as: grassland; prairie; measure word: 片 (piàn).

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
原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “prairie”

WordPinyinMeaning
大草原dà cǎo yuánprairie; savanna

Related words

Other words that share a character with 草原.

WordPinyinMeaning
草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
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.)
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine

See also: Japanese symbol for “prairie”.

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.