草cǎo
grass, herb. 9 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 草
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–9 write 早.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 草 · the stroke-order rules
What 草 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 早 (zǎo, early).
艹 carries the meaning — grass — and 早 carries the sound.
Words that use 草
| 草 | grass, herb 地上长出来的绿色植物 春雨过后小草长得很茂盛。After the spring rain, the grass grew thick and green. Lesson 7, 去参观 · 谨言慎行与辨微格物 · Discernment, Daily Judgment & Nuance |
| 草地 | lawn, meadow 长满青草的一片地方 运动场周围环绕着绿色草地。A green lawn surrounds the sports ground. Lesson 8, 运动场 · 谨言慎行与辨微格物 · Discernment, Daily Judgment & Nuance |
| 草原 | grassland, prairie, steppe 大片生长牧草的开阔平地 牧民骑马奔驰在辽阔的草原上。Herders galloped on horseback across the vast grassland. Lesson 396, 采办珍馐 · 审时度势与明辨是非 · Discernment & Empirical Truth |
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.