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.

• 荵rěn🔊

  polemonium

  10 strokes

• 荸bí🔊

  used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]

  10 strokes

• 荻dí🔊

  Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed)

  10 strokes

• 荼tú🔊

  thistle

  10 strokes

• 荽suī🔊

  coriander

  10 strokes

• 莅lì🔊

  to attend (an official function)

  10 strokes

• 莆pú🔊

  used in 莆田[Pu2 tian2] (the name of a place in Fujian)

  10 strokes

• 莓méi🔊

  (bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)

  10 strokes

• 莔méng🔊

  Fritillaria verticillata

  10 strokes

• 莕xìng🔊

  Nymphoides peltatum

  10 strokes

• 莘shēn🔊

  long

  10 strokes

• 莙jūn🔊

  species of water plant

  10 strokes

• 莜yóu🔊

  see 莜麥|莜麦[you2 mai4]

  10 strokes

• 莝cuò🔊

  to chop straw fine for animals

  10 strokes

• 莞guǎn🔊

  (district)

  10 strokes

• 莠yǒu🔊

  Setaria viridis

  10 strokes

• 莦shāo🔊

  jungle grass

  10 strokes

• 莨làng🔊

  Scopalia japonica maxin

  10 strokes

• 莩fú🔊

  membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem

  10 strokes

• 莪é🔊

  zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

  10 strokes

• 莭jié🔊

  variant of 節|节[jie2]

  10 strokes

• 莰kǎn🔊

  camphane C10H18

  10 strokes

• 莳shí🔊

  used in 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]

  10 strokes

• 莴wō🔊

  used in 萵苣|莴苣[wo1 ju4]

  10 strokes

• 莶xiān🔊

  used in 豨薟|豨莶[xi1 xian1]

  10 strokes

• 莸yóu🔊

  Caryopteris divaricata

  10 strokes

• 莺yīng🔊

  oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

  10 strokes

• 莼chún🔊

  variant of 蓴|莼[chun2]

  10 strokes

• 莽mǎng🔊

  (bound form) dense growth of grass

  10 strokes

• 菃qú🔊

  (used in names)

  10 strokes

• 着zhe🔊

  variant of 著|着[zhe5]

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 菜cài🔊

  vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 萨sà🔊

  used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]

  11 strokes

• 菲fēi🔊

  luxuriant (plant growth)

  11 strokes

• 营yíng🔊

  camp

  11 strokes

• 萎wěi🔊

  to wither

  11 strokes

• 菇gū🔊

  (bound form) mushroom

  11 strokes

• 菌jūn🔊

  germ

  11 strokes

• 萝luó🔊

  radish

  11 strokes

• 萌méng🔊

  (bound form) to sprout; to bud

  11 strokes

• 萧xiāo🔊

  (old) Chinese mugwort

  11 strokes

• 菊jú🔊

  (bound form) chrysanthemum

  11 strokes

• 萸yú🔊

  used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]

  11 strokes

• 萍píng🔊

  duckweed

  11 strokes

• 菸yū🔊

  to wither

  11 strokes

• 䓖qióng🔊

  used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1 qiong2]

  11 strokes

• 莹yíng🔊

  luster of gems

  11 strokes

• 莿cì🔊

  Urtica thunbergiana

  11 strokes