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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- cao3
- English meanings
- female (of animals), herb, herbage, female, careless, hasty, grass, rough, wort, draft, straw
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 艹; bottom 早.
Meaning & sound clues
艹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “grass”.
早 is identified as the sound component (zǎo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 草.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
noisy; clamorous
operate; conduct
trough
rough; coarse
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 草地
- 草坪
- 草案
- 起草