Read Edit View history Discussion 草 cǎocào HSK2 grass Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 早 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas cǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 草 Simp strokes 草 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 草 Simp strokes 草 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 草 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 220, 684 ], [ 308, 678 ], [ 463, 700 ], [ 564, 705 ], [ 701, 722 ], [ 759, 721 ], [ 812, 704 ] ], [ [ 360, 790 ], [ 383, 780 ], [ 403, 761 ], [ 432, 609 ] ], [ [ 600, 836 ], [ 616, 826 ], [ 635, 795 ], [ 603, 691 ], [ 571, 616 ] ], [ [ 300, 553 ], [ 329, 532 ], [ 339, 510 ], [ 383, 327 ] ], [ [ 356, 551 ], [ 378, 540 ], [ 614, 572 ], [ 675, 565 ], [ 704, 527 ], [ 680, 472 ], [ 641, 348 ] ], [ [ 388, 441 ], [ 396, 449 ], [ 530, 472 ], [ 557, 474 ], [ 578, 468 ] ], [ [ 405, 358 ], [ 413, 352 ], [ 446, 354 ], [ 593, 376 ], [ 617, 366 ] ], [ [ 148, 206 ], [ 203, 194 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207 Q 485 -39 496 -58 Q 496 -59 498 -61 Q 504 -68 511 -66 Q 529 -54 532 1 Z" ] } 9 strokes 草 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 328, 774 ], [ 379, 741 ], [ 408, 578 ] ], [ [ 181, 646 ], [ 262, 631 ], [ 472, 678 ] ], [ [ 541, 692 ], [ 756, 705 ], [ 832, 690 ] ], [ [ 562, 842 ], [ 606, 798 ], [ 539, 600 ] ], [ [ 296, 556 ], [ 340, 509 ], [ 382, 321 ] ], [ [ 352, 550 ], [ 672, 566 ], [ 713, 517 ], [ 636, 334 ] ], [ [ 378, 447 ], [ 582, 468 ] ], [ [ 401, 354 ], [ 619, 371 ] ], [ [ 141, 210 ], [ 198, 194 ], [ 798, 253 ], [ 914, 230 ] ], [ [ 464, 347 ], [ 506, 315 ], [ 507, -61 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M393,588C386,599 381,615 376,637C369,661 369,661 366,673C360,700 348,729 330,753C319,767 318,772 324,778C330,783 335,784 348,783C359,783 398,778 409,761C411,757 411,737 414,680C415,659 415,659 415,648C416,637 418,615 419,598C420,562 405,567 393,588Z", "M239,600C225,599 209,614 186,632C167,646 175,656 192,657C218,659 242,655 266,658C291,661 331,668 366,673C398,678 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474,291 477,246C478,220 478,220 479,207C487,44 489,-45 496,-58C498,-63 506,-68 511,-66C523,-59 530,-35 532,1Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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 JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.