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.

• 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

• 茷fá🔊

  denseness of grass-foliage

  9 strokes

• 茸róng🔊

  (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy

  9 strokes

• 茹rú🔊

  to eat

  9 strokes

• 茼tóng🔊

  Chrysanthemum coronarium

  9 strokes

• 茽zhòng🔊

  vegetation growing thickly

  9 strokes

• 荀xún🔊

  (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts

  9 strokes

• 荁huán🔊

  (vegetable)

  9 strokes

• 荃quán🔊

  (fragrant plant)

  9 strokes

• 荄gāi🔊

  roots of plant

  9 strokes

• 荅dā🔊

  variant of 答[da1]

  9 strokes

• 荆jīng🔊

  chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)

  9 strokes

• 荇xìng🔊

  yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

  9 strokes

• 荈chuǎn🔊

  Thea sinensis

  9 strokes

• 荏rěn🔊

  beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)

  9 strokes

• 荑tí🔊

  (grass)

  9 strokes

• 荔lì🔊

  litchi

  9 strokes

• 荙dá🔊

  plantago major

  9 strokes

• 荚jiá🔊

  pod (botany)

  9 strokes

• 荛ráo🔊

  fuel

  9 strokes

• 荜bì🔊

  bean

  9 strokes

• 荝cè🔊

  plant genus Aconitum, aka monkshood or wolf's bane (used as poison and medicine)

  9 strokes