Meta:

  1. 草 is the 787th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 97 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (grass), (sun/day), (ten)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao3): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 早 is pronounced as 'zao3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 草 (cao4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

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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Meta:

  1. 根 is the 352nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (stopping)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gen1 - root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/CL:條|条[tiao2]/radical (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 根 (gen1): The component 艮 is pronounced as 'gen4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
根据 (根據)
根本 
草根 

Medium Frequency

哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
培根 
压根 (壓根)
压根儿 (壓根兒)
扎根 
根源 
阿根廷 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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