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.

• 葅zū🔊

  variant of 菹[zu1]

  12 strokes

• 葇róu🔊

  Elsholtria paltrini

  12 strokes

• 葍fú🔊

  weeds

  12 strokes

• 葎lǜ🔊

  Humulus japonicus

  12 strokes

• 葑fēng🔊

  turnip

  12 strokes

• 荭hóng🔊

  used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]

  12 strokes

• 葖tū🔊

  radish; daikon

  12 strokes

• 葙xiāng🔊

  see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)

  12 strokes

• 葚shèn🔊

  used in 桑葚[sang1 shen4]

  12 strokes

• 葜qiā🔊

  used in 菝葜[ba2 qia1]

  12 strokes

• 葡pú🔊

  used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

  12 strokes

• 荮zhòu🔊

  (dialect) to wrap with straw

  12 strokes

• 葥qián🔊

  Rubus palmatus

  12 strokes

• 葧bó🔊

  Heleocharis plantaginea

  12 strokes

• 葩pā🔊

  corolla of flower

  12 strokes

• 葫hú🔊

  used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2 lu5]

  12 strokes

• 葭jiā🔊

  reed

  12 strokes

• 葳wēi🔊

  luxuriant

  12 strokes

• 葴zhēn🔊

  Physalis alkekengi

  12 strokes

• 葶tíng🔊

  Draba nemerosa bebe carpa

  12 strokes

• 荤hūn🔊

  strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)

  12 strokes

• 葸xǐ🔊

  feel insecure

  12 strokes

• 葹shī🔊

  Xanthium strumarium

  12 strokes

• 葺qì🔊

  to repair

  12 strokes

• 葽yāo🔊

  Polygala japonica

  12 strokes

• 蒄guān🔊

  (herb mentioned in ancient texts)

  12 strokes

• 蒇chǎn🔊

  to complete

  12 strokes

• 蒉kuì🔊

  Amaranthus mangostanus

  12 strokes

• 蒌lóu🔊

  Arthemisia vulgaris

  12 strokes

• 蒎pài🔊

  pinane

  12 strokes

• 蒐sōu🔊

  (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia)

  12 strokes

• 蒢chú🔊

  hedysarum

  12 strokes

• 蓇gū🔊

  used in 蓇葖[gu1 tu1]

  12 strokes

• 蓱píng🔊

  variant of 萍[ping2]

  12 strokes

• 蔇jì🔊

  luxuriant growth

  12 strokes

• 盖gài🔊

  lid

  HSK 4

  13 strokes

• 蓝lán🔊

  blue

  HSK 2

  13 strokes

• 蒙méng🔊

  to cover

  HSK 6

  13 strokes

• 蓓bèi🔊

  used in 蓓蕾[bei4 lei3]

  13 strokes

• 蒜suàn🔊

  garlic

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 蓖bì🔊

  the castor-oil plant

  13 strokes

• 莲lián🔊

  lotus

  13 strokes

• 蒟jǔ🔊

  betel

  13 strokes

• 蓟jì🔊

  cirsium

  13 strokes

• 蓬péng🔊

  fleabane (family Asteraceae)

  13 strokes

• 莼chún🔊

  variant of 蓴|莼[chun2]

  13 strokes

• 莳shí🔊

  used in 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

  13 strokes

• 蒗làng🔊

  (herb)

  13 strokes