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草
cào
1. variant of [[肏<cào>]]
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)

草垫
cǎodiàn
straw mattress
草根
cǎogēn
grassroots
芒草
mángcǎo
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
草场
cǎochǎng
pastureland
草书
cǎoshū
grass script
草果
cǎoguǒ
black cardamom
紫草
zǐcǎo
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
艾草
àicǎo
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
草包
cǎobāo
idiot
草坪
cǎopíng
lawn
草屯
Cǎotún
Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county [[南投縣|南投县<Nántóuxiàn>]], central Taiwan
草料
cǎoliào
fodder
草木
cǎomù
vegetation
草本
cǎoběn
grass
粪草
fèncǎo
trash
纸草
zhǐcǎo
papyrus
烟草
yāncǎo
tobacco
缬草
xiécǎo
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
茅草
máocǎo
sogon grass
茜草
qiàncǎo
Rubia cordifolia

Alternate Entries

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

Metadata

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