1. 草
  2. 莽

草

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  • 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 200 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
草→
艹早
2Radical
草→
艹grass日sun/day十ten
3Graphical
草→
艹口一一丨

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

Common

皮草 
草根 
草莓 

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
含羞草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
水草 
沾花惹草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
绿草 (綠草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草案 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
草菇 
草药 (草藥)
草酸 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 

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莽

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Previous (砂)Next (泻)
  • 2708th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
莽→
艹No glyph available
2Radical
莽→
艹grass犬dog艹grass
3Graphical
莽→
艹人一丶艹

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mǎng (mang3)thick weeds • luxuriant growth • Illicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves • impertinent

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

莽 also appears in:
蟒漭

Example Words

Common

鲁莽 (魯莽)

Uncommon

草莽 
莽撞 

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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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