Radical 艸 – Grass

Pinyin: cǎo
Strokes: 6 strokes
Variants: 艹

Meaning

Grass, herb, wild plant

Memory tipBlades of grass growing close together; on top it becomes 艹. Characters with 艹 are almost all about plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs: 花 (flower), 草 (grass), 菜 (vegetable), 茶 (tea), 药 (medicine – herbal), 苹 (apple).

HSK characters with 艸 (83)

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Radical 艸 – Grass

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Radical 艸 – Grass

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