CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

艸

 

 

6 strokes ( 艹 )

ㄘㄠ3 (cao3)

cǎo

 

艸 = grass (radical 140) => pictogram of [high] grass; as a side-radical 艹 it occurs over words related directly or indirectly to grass and plants

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