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草 - cǎo

grass, straw, thatch, herbs

grass, straw, thatch, herbs

How to read 草

Click 草 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyincǎo
Englishgrass, straw, thatch, herbs
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

草创 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 草包. Please read 草原 one more time.

Common words with this character

to be in the early stages of establishing
bag made of woven straw; bag filled with straw; a good-for-nothing
grassland; prairie; CL:片[pian4]
underbrush

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 草 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 草创 and 草包 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 草.