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.

• 苾bì🔊

  (phonetic)

  8 strokes

• 茀fú🔊

  luxuriant growth

  8 strokes

• 茁zhuó🔊

  to display vigorous, new growth

  8 strokes

• 茂mào🔊

  luxuriant

  8 strokes

• 茄jiā🔊

  phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common

  8 strokes

• 茅máo🔊

  reeds

  8 strokes

• 茆máo🔊

  variant of 茅[mao2]

  8 strokes

• 茇bá🔊

  betel

  8 strokes

• 茉mò🔊

  used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]

  8 strokes

• 茊zī🔊

  old variant of 茲|兹[zi1]

  8 strokes

• 茌chí🔊

  used in 茌平[Chi2 ping2] (the name of a place in Shandong)

  8 strokes

• 茏lóng🔊

  Polygonum posumbu

  8 strokes

• 茑niǎo🔊

  parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry

  8 strokes

• 茓xué🔊

  to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder

  8 strokes

• 茕qióng🔊

  alone

  8 strokes

• 茚yìn🔊

  indene (chemistry)

  8 strokes

• 药yào🔊

  medicine

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 茶chá🔊

  tea

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 草cǎo🔊

  variant of 草[cao3]

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 兹zī🔊

  (literary) this

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 范fàn🔊

  pattern

  9 strokes

• 茨cí🔊

  Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)

  9 strokes

• 荡dàng🔊

  variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]

  9 strokes

• 茜qiàn🔊

  (bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

  9 strokes

• 茱zhū🔊

  used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]

  9 strokes

• 荐jiàn🔊

  to recommend

  9 strokes

• 茧jiǎn🔊

  variant of 繭|茧[jian3]

  9 strokes

• 荣róng🔊

  glory

  9 strokes

• 茬chá🔊

  stubble (crop residue)

  9 strokes

• 荒huāng🔊

  desolate

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 芔huì🔊

  old variant of 卉[hui4]

  9 strokes

• 茈cí🔊

  used in 鳧茈|凫茈[fu2 ci2]

  9 strokes

• 茍jí🔊

  urgent

  9 strokes

• 茔yíng🔊

  (literary) a grave

  9 strokes

• 茖gé🔊

  allium victorialis

  9 strokes

• 茗míng🔊

  Thea sinensis

  9 strokes

• 茛gèn🔊

  ranunculus

  9 strokes

• 茞chén🔊

  fragrant plant

  9 strokes

• 茠xiū🔊

  to weed

  9 strokes

• 茢liè🔊

  rushes

  9 strokes

• 茥guī🔊

  Rubus tokkura

  9 strokes

• 茦cè🔊

  pointed grass blade

  9 strokes

• 茫máng🔊

  vast, with no clear boundary

  9 strokes

• 茭jiāo🔊

  Zizania aquatica

  9 strokes

• 茯fú🔊

  used in 茯苓[fu2 ling2]

  9 strokes

• 茳jiāng🔊

  used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

  9 strokes

• 茴huí🔊

  (bound form) fennel

  9 strokes

• 茵yīn🔊

  mattress

  9 strokes