cǎo

草

grass, herbs; straw, thatch

HSK 2.0 · 3 HSK 3.0 · 2

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草地 cǎo dì lawn; meadow HSK 2

草原 cǎo yuán grassland; prairie HSK 5

草坪 cǎo píng lawn HSK 7–9

起草 qǐ cǎo to make a draft; to draw up (plans) HSK 7–9

草案 cǎo àn draft (legislation, proposal etc) HSK 7–9

稻草 dào cǎo rice straw HSK 7–9

斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely HSK 7–9

潦草 liáo cǎo slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible HSK 7–9

奇花异草 qí huā yì cǎo very rarely seen, unusual (idiom) HSK 7–9

草率 cǎo shuài careless; negligent

Pictophonetic: grass

Same radical 艹

huā 花 cài 菜 chá 茶 yào 药 jié 节 lán 蓝 luò 落 kǔ 苦

Same sound

cáo 槽

Also HSK 2

a 啊 ràng 让 dàn 但 wèi 为 dé 得 yòu 又 zhī 只 tā 它