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
fodder
coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
to weed; to hoe
Chinese herbal medicine
thatched hut
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
herbaceous plant
rush (botany); Juncaceae
sogon grass
straw weaving
to rush to conclude a matter; to end up abruptly
seagrass
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
oxalic acid C2H2O4
free-range chicken; (dialect) hen; cowardly
Chinese anise shrub; poisonous star anise
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
clover; trefoil
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
Central Asian grasslands
Central Asian grasslands