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草

Traditional: 艸

cǎo

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cǎo · cou2 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 草[cao3]
  2. grass
  3. straw
  4. manuscript
  5. draft (of a document)
  6. careless
  7. rough
  8. CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

cào

  1. variant of 肏[cao4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

草

Meaning
grass, straw, thatch, herbs
Radical
艹
Strokes
9
Components
⿱艹早
Cangjie
TAJ
Four-corner
4440.6

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