草
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grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
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Dict coverage rank #221 U+8349
How 草 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 早 (phonetic, zǎo)
How to remember it
grass · Heisig RSH #227
flower + 早 early
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 草
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长草区 | cháng cǎo qū | the rough (golf) |
| 草字头儿 | cǎo zì tóu r | grass radical 艹 |
| 名草有主 | míng cǎo yǒu zhǔ | (idiom) (humorous) (of a man) already taken (male counterpart of 名花有主[ming2 hua1 you3 zhu3… |
| 草山 | Cǎo Shān | Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong) |
| 水草 | shuǐ cǎo | aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animal… |
| 草地 | cǎo dì | lawn; meadow; sod; turf; CL:片[pian4] |
| 人生一世，草木一春 | rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn | Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence |
| 海草 | hǎi cǎo | seagrass |
| 草海 | Cǎo hǎi | Caohai Lake, Guizhou |
| 花草 | huā cǎo | flowers and plants |
| 行草 | xíng cǎo | semicursive script |
| 草体 | cǎo tǐ | see 草書|草书[cao3 shu1] |
| 中亚草原 | Zhōng Yà cǎo yuán | Central Asian grasslands |
| 金鱼草 | jīn yú cǎo | snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) |
| 巴音布克草原 | Bā yīn bù kè cǎo yuán | Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains |
| 好马不吃回头草 | hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo | lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom); fig. once yo… |
| 出草 | chū cǎo | (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition |
| 草食动物 | cǎo shí dòng wù | herbivore |
| 食草动物 | shí cǎo dòng wù | herbivore |
| 大草原 | dà cǎo yuán | prairie; savanna |