cǎo

grass; careless; rough

HSK 3 #789

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 789th character
Radical ⾋ (140.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1408

Definitions

草 cǎo
  1. 1. grass
  2. 2. careless
  3. 3. rough
  4. 4. draft (of a document)
  5. 5. manuscript
  6. 6. straw
  7. 7. CL ,zuǒ,zhū,gēn
草 cào
  1. 1. variant of cào

Stroke order

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Words containing 草

Word Meaning
straw sign showing something is for sale
(old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.
the grass roots; the hoi polloi
grass mud horse
grass mud horse
prisons empty and quiet; peaceful times
peaceful times; prisons empty
tick (zoology)
act rashly then quit; sloppy, half-hearted
Sarcandra glabra (botany)
meadow
Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
Chinese artichoke; Stachys sieboldii
the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,shí nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
special tally numerals 〡 to shí
straw; grain stalks
straw; grain stalks
toilet paper; rough straw paper; brown paper
eastern olivaceous warbler bird
eastern olivaceous warbler bird
straw weaving
a rake
use others' power to reach your goal
to rush through the work; to get through a thing carelessly