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蔬shū

vegetables, greens. 15 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 5.

Pinyin shūStrokes 15Radical 艹Band HSK 5Words 1

How to write 蔬

Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–15 write 疏.

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Stroke order chart for 蔬 — 15 strokes, radical 艹

Write 蔬 on the grid

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 蔬 · the stroke-order rules

What 蔬 is made of

艹 (cǎo, grass) and 疏 (shū, to neglect).

艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 疏 carries the sound.

Words that use 蔬

蔬(shū)菜(cài) vegetables
指供食用的草本植物

基地培育出新鲜的蔬菜。The base cultivated fresh vegetables.

Lesson 485, 耕墨抚灾 · 文心雅韵与躬行敏求 · Refined Arts & Resourceful Deeds

More characters with the radical 艹

All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.

菜cài茶chá草cǎo节jié花huā蓝lán药yào英yīng苹píng营yíng苦kǔ范fàn艺yì落luò蕉jiāo薄báo获huò著zhù荣róng葡pú萄tao藏cáng茄qié苏sū蒙méng若ruò薯shǔ菌jūn薪xīn