蕉jiāo
banana, plantain. 15 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin jiāoStrokes 15Radical 艹Band HSK 3Words 1
What 蕉 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 焦 (jiāo, burned).
艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 焦 carries the sound.
How to write 蕉
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–15 write 焦.
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 蕉
Words that use 蕉
| 香蕉 | banana 一种弯弯的黄色水果，剥皮就能吃 弟弟一口气吃掉了两根香蕉。My little brother wolfed down two ripe bananas in one go. Lesson 224, 厨下飘香与温情美味 · 居所闲暇与日常生活 · Domestic Leisure, Home Living & Casual Recreation |
Characters that share the sound part 焦
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.