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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 may be used.

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

  • ㄘㄠ ˇ

    cǎo

    grass

    • ㄘㄠ ˙

      cao

      grass

    • 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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