1. 草
  2. 菇

草

Previous (阵)Next (脚)
  • 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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菇

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Previous (缪)Next (琦)
  • 3281st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
菇→
艹姑
2Radical
菇→
艹grass女woman十ten口mouth
3Graphical
菇→
艹㇛一丿一丨口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gū (gu1)mushroom

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 菇 gū (gu1)The component 姑 is pronounced as 'gū' (gu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 菇 gū (gu1)The component 女 is pronounced as 'rǔ' (ru3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

蘑菇 

Uncommon

冬菇 
金针菇 (金針菇)
香菇 

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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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