The 艸 radical, “grass”
Read cao. 6 strokes.
Inside a character it is also written 艹.
Here are 15 common characters that all carry this radical. It is painted red in each of them; what stays black is what tells them apart.
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huā flower
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yào medicine
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cǎo grass
- luò to fall or drop
- sū long-winded
- kǔ bitter
- fàn surname Fan
- zhù to make known
- yì skill
- cáng to conceal
- róng glory
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cài vegetable
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chá tea
- méng to cover
- jiǎng surname Jiang
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.