Read Edit View history 艸 cǎo HSK2 grass Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of blades of grass. Pinyin Separate values with commas cǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 艸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 167, 538 ], [ 188, 513 ], [ 198, 489 ], [ 189, 330 ], [ 222, 330 ], [ 284, 358 ], [ 400, 396 ], [ 415, 415 ] ], [ [ 438, 578 ], [ 461, 543 ], [ 440, 374 ], [ 441, 335 ] ], [ [ 283, 751 ], [ 331, 711 ], [ 326, 413 ], [ 308, 245 ], [ 285, 169 ], [ 240, 95 ], [ 191, 50 ], [ 127, 13 ] ], [ [ 539, 580 ], [ 566, 548 ], [ 572, 520 ], [ 561, 351 ], [ 594, 352 ], [ 688, 383 ], [ 814, 413 ], [ 832, 401 ] ], [ [ 858, 652 ], [ 891, 608 ], [ 858, 363 ] ], [ [ 667, 809 ], [ 685, 806 ], [ 706, 793 ], [ 729, 762 ], [ 719, 597 ], [ 711, -50 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 345 362 Q 397 381 411 379 Q 412 380 415 381 C 445 386 451 427 422 420 Q 382 410 346 398 L 300 383 Q 255 370 219 351 Q 207 347 210 362 Q 216 420 223 480 Q 227 502 217 515 Q 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856 344 868 356 Q 892 378 898 461 Q 913 575 926 599 Q 933 612 924 627 Q 905 643 874 661 Q 862 668 850 663 Q 843 659 845 646 Q 869 604 845 462 Q 841 449 837 437 Q 836 436 835 432 L 835 395 Z", "M 690 363 Q 687 -24 695 -46 Q 696 -50 700 -56 Q 715 -72 724 -51 Q 742 -6 743 379 L 744 414 Q 745 610 753 701 Q 754 735 773 764 Q 780 780 759 796 Q 735 815 692 827 Q 673 831 659 818 Q 649 811 662 798 Q 692 773 693 736 Q 693 625 691 402 L 690 363 Z" ] } 6 strokes 艸 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 167, 538 ], [ 188, 513 ], [ 198, 489 ], [ 189, 330 ], [ 222, 330 ], [ 284, 358 ], [ 400, 396 ], [ 415, 415 ] ], [ [ 438, 578 ], [ 461, 543 ], [ 440, 374 ], [ 441, 335 ] ], [ [ 283, 751 ], [ 331, 711 ], [ 326, 413 ], [ 308, 245 ], [ 285, 169 ], [ 240, 95 ], [ 191, 50 ], [ 127, 13 ] ], [ [ 539, 580 ], [ 566, 548 ], [ 572, 520 ], [ 561, 351 ], [ 594, 352 ], [ 688, 383 ], [ 814, 413 ], [ 832, 401 ] ], [ [ 858, 652 ], [ 891, 608 ], [ 858, 363 ] ], [ [ 667, 809 ], [ 685, 806 ], [ 706, 793 ], [ 729, 762 ], [ 719, 597 ], [ 711, -50 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 345 362 Q 397 381 411 379 Q 412 380 415 381 C 445 386 451 427 422 420 Q 382 410 346 398 L 300 383 Q 255 370 219 351 Q 207 347 210 362 Q 216 420 223 480 Q 227 502 217 515 Q 204 531 181 543 Q 171 549 162 547 Q 152 543 159 525 Q 184 467 174 408 Q 167 353 144 328 Q 129 312 137 299 Q 149 286 165 277 Q 178 271 186 279 Q 207 306 297 342 L 345 362 Z", "M 415 381 Q 411 360 432 331 Q 439 319 450 330 Q 465 354 474 406 Q 477 487 492 534 Q 499 556 481 568 Q 466 580 451 589 Q 439 595 430 590 Q 421 584 424 569 Q 439 526 422 420 L 415 381 Z", "M 297 342 Q 285 173 192 78 Q 165 54 131 27 Q 121 18 120 14 Q 121 10 133 11 Q 146 8 180 24 Q 291 69 328 220 Q 341 281 345 362 L 346 398 Q 355 662 362 676 Q 377 721 373 731 Q 370 734 369 735 Q 347 751 308 762 Q 283 768 275 761 Q 266 754 274 742 Q 322 669 300 383 L 297 342 Z", "M 743 379 Q 744 380 749 381 Q 819 400 835 395 C 865 394 865 437 835 432 Q 787 425 744 414 L 691 402 Q 640 390 598 375 Q 580 371 584 391 Q 590 457 596 525 Q 599 547 590 559 Q 559 595 533 590 Q 523 586 531 568 Q 559 505 551 443 Q 544 382 520 355 Q 504 339 511 326 Q 521 313 538 303 Q 551 296 560 304 Q 581 331 690 363 L 743 379 Z", "M 835 395 Q 839 376 847 360 Q 856 344 868 356 Q 892 378 898 461 Q 913 575 926 599 Q 933 612 924 627 Q 905 643 874 661 Q 862 668 850 663 Q 843 659 845 646 Q 869 604 845 462 Q 841 449 837 437 Q 836 436 835 432 L 835 395 Z", "M 690 363 Q 687 -24 695 -46 Q 696 -50 700 -56 Q 715 -72 724 -51 Q 742 -6 743 379 L 744 414 Q 745 610 753 701 Q 754 735 773 764 Q 780 780 759 796 Q 735 815 692 827 Q 673 831 659 818 Q 649 811 662 798 Q 692 773 693 736 Q 693 625 691 402 L 690 363 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without 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