ㄘㄠ ˇ

cǎo

grass

草 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as cǎo in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as cào.

In traditional Chinese the character 艸 may be used.

It is made up of the components 艹 (grass) and 早 (early).

  • 草
    ㄘㄠ ˇ

    cǎo

    grass

    • 艹
      ㄘㄠ ˙

      cao

      grass

    • 早
      ㄗㄠ ˇ

      zǎo

      early

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EARLY in the morning, tha[t s]ow rolls *down* the <grass>y hill and runs back *up* again.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 草

cǎo
cào

Definitions for 草 pronounced as cǎo

  • grass
  • straw
  • manuscript
  • draft (of a document)
  • careless
  • rough
  • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
  • variant of 草[cao3]
cào

Definitions for 草 pronounced as cào

  • variant of 肏[cao4]

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