• 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎo (cao3)grass • straw • manuscript • draft (of a document) • careless • rough • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
草根 
草莓 

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
皮草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 
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  • 693rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 137 words
  • Component in 592 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mu4)surname Mu
2. (mu4)tree • wood • coffin • wooden • simple • numb • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mu4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
椿槿粿

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

有木有 
木星 
木瓜 
木耳 
木头 (木頭)
木马 (木馬)
树木 (樹木)
乌鲁木齐 (烏魯木齊)
积木 (積木)
花木兰 (花木蘭)
麻木 
黑木耳 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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