Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 早 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
草
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
草
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
草
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
草
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
草
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
草
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
草
Regular
Modern
Chinese
草 [cǎo]
grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[kē],撮[zuǒ],株[zhū],根[gēn]
草 [cào]
variant of 肏[cào]
Japanese
- grass; weed; herb; thatch
- ninja
- marijuana; cannabis
- not genuine; substandard
- LOL; haha (from multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembling grass: wwwwww)
noun
- draft; rough copy
- highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
- vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness
- one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man)
- counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion) (also written as 草)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
草 かや
Kaya female given name
草 くさ
Kusa surname
草 くさざき
Kusazaki surname
草 くさなぎ
Kusanagi surname
草 くさやぎ
Kusayagi surname
草 くさやなぎ
Kusayanagi surname
草 したがき
Shitagaki surname
草 そう
Sou female given name
草 そうじ
Souji unclassified name
草 はじめ
Hajime female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
草案 [cǎo'àn] #21,055
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
草莓 [cǎoméi] #5,521
strawberry
草坪 [cǎopíng] #5,807
lawn
烟草 [yāncǎo] #7,142
tobacco
草原 [cǎoyuán] #10,602
grassland
草地 [cǎodì] #8,211
lawn
起草 [qǐcǎo] #9,938
to make a draft
香草 [xiāngcǎo] #7,921
aromatic herb
草根 [cǎogēn] #27,986
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
草率 [cǎoshuài] #9,803
careless
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 草 [くさ] #2,171
grass
⭐ 仕草 [しぐさ] #3,334
gesture
⭐ 煙草 [タバコ] #8,369
tobacco
薬草 [やくそう] #8,418
medicinal herb
⭐ 草原 [そうげん] #8,443
grassy field
⭐ 雑草 [ざっそう] #9,460
weed
⭐ 草木 [くさき] #11,728
plants
草むら [くさむら] #13,682
the grass
言い草 [いいぐさ] #14,328
remarks
⭐ 草花 [くさばな] #18,360
flower
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