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草
艸
cǎo
1. variant of [[草<cǎo>]]
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

草
cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

乳草
rǔcǎo
milkweeds (genus Asclepias)
干草
gāncǎo
hay
仙草
xiāncǎo
medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
割草
gēcǎo
mow grass
劲草
jìngcǎo
tough upright grass
如草
rúcǎo
grassy
宿草
sùcǎo
grass that has grown on a grave since last year
打草
dǎcǎo
to mow grass
本草
běncǎo
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
枯草
kūcǎo
withered grass
柴草
cháicǎo
firewood
校草
xiàocǎo
the most handsome boy in the school (see also [[校花]])
水草
shuǐcǎo
water plants
海草
hǎicǎo
seagrass
浅草
Qiǎncǎo
Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
潦草
liáocǎo
careless
烟草
yāncǎo
tobacco
灯草
dēngcǎo
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
牧草
mùcǎo
pasture
班草
bāncǎo
the most handsome boy in the class

Alternate Entries

草
cǎo
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:[[棵<kē>]], [[撮<zuǒ>]], [[株<zhū>]], [[根<gēn>]]
HSK 3
草
cào
variant of [[肏<cào>]]
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
788
Word Frequency Rank
2,376 of 84,292

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