草
cǎo
HSK 3
#787 most
frequent character
grass, straw, manuscript
noun
Measure words:棵 kē,撮 zuǒ,株 zhū,根 gēn
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
草 has 艹 plants as its meaning part and 早 zǎo as its sound part. It first meant newly sprouted plants, including trees. In modern Mandarin it means grass and plants but generally not trees.
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Example Sentences
草很绿。
cǎo hěn lǜ 。
The grass is very green.
我在公园里看到了很多草。
wǒzài gōngyuán lǐ kàndào le hěnduō cǎo 。
I saw a lot of grass in the park.
他写了一篇草稿。
tā xiě le yīpiān cǎogǎo 。
He wrote a draft.
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