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刍

chú

to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺈ (knife) provides meaning, 彐 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 strokes Uncommon (45%)

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⿱⺈彐 i

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Component Tree i

⺈

2 strokes

jì

彐

snout

3 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 刍 (9)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

刍 ↗

chú

to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder

chú

刍 ↗

to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder

to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman

chúráo

刍荛 ↗

to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman

刍议 ↗

chúyì

lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion

chúyì

刍议 ↗

lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion

刍豢 ↗

chúhuàn

livestock / farm animals

chúhuàn

刍豢 ↗

livestock / farm animals

反刍 ↗

fǎnchú

to ruminate / to chew the cud

fǎnchú

反刍 ↗

to ruminate / to chew the cud

lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly

fǎnqiúfùchú

反裘负刍 ↗

lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly