grass

Origin & mnemonic

The grass radical originates from an oracle-bone pictograph depicting three blades of grass sprouting from earth. The modern form with three horizontal strokes on top clearly represents the structure of grass rising from the ground.

Mnemonic: Three horizontal strokes on top resemble three grass blades sprouting from the base directly below them.

• 芴wù🔊

  fluorene C13H10

  7 strokes

• 芷zhǐ🔊

  angelica (type of iris)

  7 strokes

• 芸yún🔊

  common rue (Ruta graveolens)

  7 strokes

• 芹qín🔊

  Chinese celery

  7 strokes

• 芼mào🔊

  select

  7 strokes

• 芾fèi🔊

  see 蔽芾[bi4 fei4]

  7 strokes

• 芿rèng🔊

  weeds that regrow from cut-down roots

  7 strokes

• 苁cōng🔊

  Boschniakia glabra

  7 strokes

• 苄biàn🔊

  benzyl (chemistry)

  7 strokes

• 苈lì🔊

  Drabanemerosa hebecarpa

  7 strokes

• 苉pǐ🔊

  picene (C22H14)

  7 strokes

• 苊è🔊

  acenaphthene (C12H10)

  7 strokes

• 苋xiàn🔊

  amaranth (genus Amaranthus)

  7 strokes

• 苌cháng🔊

  plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)

  7 strokes

• 苍cāng🔊

  dark blue

  7 strokes

• 苎zhù🔊

  used in 苧麻|苎麻[zhu4 ma2]

  7 strokes

• 苡yǐ🔊

  used in 芣苡[fu2 yi3]

  7 strokes

• 苣jù🔊

  used in 萵苣|莴苣[wo1 ju4]

  7 strokes

• 若ruò🔊

  to seem

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 苦kǔ🔊

  bitter

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 英yīng🔊

  hero

  8 strokes

• 苤piě🔊

  used in 苤藍|苤蓝[pie3 lan5]

  8 strokes

• 苺méi🔊

  old variant of 莓[mei2]

  8 strokes

• 苔tái🔊

  moss; lichen; liverwort

  8 strokes

• 茎jīng🔊

  stalk

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 苯běn🔊

  benzene

  8 strokes

• 苗miáo🔊

  sprout

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 苑yuàn🔊

  (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park

  8 strokes

• 苒rǎn🔊

  luxuriant growth

  8 strokes

• 苓líng🔊

  fungus

  8 strokes

• 苕sháo🔊

  see 紅苕|红苕[hong2 shao2]

  8 strokes

• 苘qǐng🔊

  Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)

  8 strokes

• 苙lì🔊

  (herb)

  8 strokes

• 苛kē🔊

  severe

  8 strokes

• 苜mù🔊

  clover

  8 strokes

• 苞bāo🔊

  bud

  8 strokes

• 苟gǒu🔊

  (literary) if indeed

  8 strokes

• 苠mín🔊

  multitude

  8 strokes

• 苢yǐ🔊

  used in 芣苢[fu2 yi3]

  8 strokes

• 苩pā🔊

  old variant of 葩[pa1]

  8 strokes

• 苪bǐng🔊

  bright

  8 strokes

• 苫shān🔊

  straw mat

  8 strokes

• 苲zhǎ🔊

  see 苲草[zha3 cao3]

  8 strokes

• 苴jū🔊

  (hemp)

  8 strokes

• 苶nié🔊

  weary

  8 strokes

• 苷gān🔊

  licorice

  8 strokes

• 苹píng🔊

  used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3]

  8 strokes

• 苻fú🔊

  Angelica anomala

  8 strokes