Read Edit View history 艹 cǎo grass Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸, which depicts blades of grass. Pinyin Separate values with commas cao ×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 艹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 159, 392 ], [ 190, 384 ], [ 257, 383 ], [ 465, 410 ], [ 759, 434 ], [ 819, 427 ], [ 855, 411 ] ], [ [ 325, 511 ], [ 361, 487 ], [ 369, 475 ], [ 397, 284 ] ], [ [ 598, 562 ], [ 611, 558 ], [ 639, 523 ], [ 611, 392 ], [ 579, 289 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 636 396 Q 742 405 846 394 Q 864 391 870 403 Q 876 416 861 433 Q 809 482 712 460 Q 684 457 653 451 L 595 443 Q 505 433 405 421 L 353 416 Q 265 409 167 401 Q 133 398 156 380 Q 201 350 287 361 Q 323 370 361 375 L 407 382 Q 437 392 586 395 L 636 396 Z", "M 405 421 Q 404 455 403 483 Q 406 505 384 511 Q 345 535 319 527 Q 300 518 315 497 Q 342 460 353 416 L 361 375 Q 365 347 368 319 Q 374 297 387 281 Q 400 268 406 281 Q 410 297 407 382 L 405 421 Z", "M 586 395 Q 568 301 569 288 Q 572 272 588 286 Q 603 302 636 396 L 653 451 Q 660 479 679 514 Q 692 530 681 541 Q 666 557 628 574 Q 610 583 592 572 Q 582 565 591 553 Q 606 523 595 443 L 586 395 Z" ] } 3 strokes 艹 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 283, 515 ], [ 338, 475 ], [ 382, 264 ] ], [ [ 144, 392 ], [ 213, 372 ], [ 472, 423 ] ], [ [ 565, 423 ], [ 857, 424 ] ], [ [ 639, 564 ], [ 672, 514 ], [ 592, 278 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M379,260C366,267 348,338 337,374C329,400 329,400 325,413C317,439 296,482 287,494C276,507 276,513 280,517C284,525 288,527 299,527C337,530 363,508 367,503C372,496 373,446 377,421C380,398 380,398 382,386C384,366 395,287 391,265C389,259 385,257 379,260Z", "M199,343C176,350 150,369 144,378C139,385 138,392 140,394C145,401 156,399 189,399C205,399 269,405 325,413C360,418 360,418 377,421C409,426 465,434 473,429C477,426 480,423 479,418C475,406 410,394 382,386C352,378 352,378 337,374C246,350 218,338 199,343Z", "M615,400C582,407 564,413 559,420C552,431 584,431 623,436C642,439 662,442 681,444C733,452 757,458 763,458C800,463 817,458 845,440C865,427 868,406 849,404C820,403 789,408 771,407C728,407 685,400 660,398C645,397 629,398 615,400Z", "M585,281C586,291 611,386 615,400C620,424 620,424 623,436C632,478 636,541 633,550C628,560 629,562 633,566C641,574 658,574 673,566C708,548 723,528 708,504C703,497 691,469 681,444C667,413 667,413 660,398C653,385 626,307 617,293C609,282 596,270 590,270C584,271 584,274 585,281Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No 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 JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.