Memory phrase for the character: 草

草



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Meaning

grass, straw

Pronunciation

 cǎo

Explanation

 Top: plant/grass 艹, below: early, fast 早 (When the sunrise 旦 is at the mark 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning.)

Mnemonic
 
The plant that grows fast, is grass.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
早 early, morning
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 Vocabulary

草案 cǎo àn  draft (legislation, proposal etc)
锄草 chú cǎo  to hoe; to weed
草珊瑚 cǎo shān hú  Sarcandra glabra (botany)
茜草 qiàn cǎo  Rubia cordifolia; Indian madder; munjit
巴里坤草原 Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán  Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
樱花草 yīng huā cǎo  primrose
碧草如茵 bì cǎo rú yīn  green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
绿草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn  green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
草坪 cǎo píng  lawn
草莽 cǎo mǎng  a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness
茅草 máo cǎo  sogon grass
茅草 máo cǎo  

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