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.

• 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

• 蒟jǔ🔊

  betel

  13 strokes

• 蓟jì🔊

  cirsium

  13 strokes

• 蓬péng🔊

  fleabane (family Asteraceae)

  13 strokes

• 蒗làng🔊

  (herb)

  13 strokes

• 蒡bàng🔊

  used in 牛蒡[niu2 bang4]

  13 strokes

• 蒦huò🔊

  (archaic) to measure

  13 strokes

• 蒨qiàn🔊

  luxuriant growth

  13 strokes

• 蒪pò🔊

  myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga)

  13 strokes

• 蒯kuǎi🔊

  a rush

  13 strokes

• 蒱pú🔊

  see 樗蒱[chu1 pu2]

  13 strokes

• 蒲pú🔊

  refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis

  13 strokes

• 蒴shuò🔊

  pod

  13 strokes

• 蒹jiān🔊

  reed

  13 strokes

• 蒺jí🔊

  Tribulus terrestris

  13 strokes

• 蒻ruò🔊

  young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail

  13 strokes

• 蒽ēn🔊

  anthracene

  13 strokes

• 蒿hāo🔊

  celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia)

  13 strokes

• 蓁zhēn🔊

  abundant, luxuriant vegetation

  13 strokes

• 蓂míng🔊

  lucky place

  13 strokes

• 蓄xù🔊

  to store up

  13 strokes

• 蓉róng🔊

  paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc

  13 strokes

• 蓊wěng🔊

  luxuriant vegetation

  13 strokes

• 蓌cuò🔊

  to squat (in salutation)

  13 strokes

• 蓍shī🔊

  yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

  13 strokes

• 蓏luǒ🔊

  fruit of plants (not of trees)

  13 strokes

• 蓐rù🔊

  mat

  13 strokes

• 蓑suō🔊

  variant of 蓑[suo1]

  13 strokes

• 蓒xuān🔊

  a kind of smelly water plant

  13 strokes

• 蓔yǎo🔊

  a variety of grass

  13 strokes

• 蓠lí🔊

  red algae

  13 strokes

• 蓣yù🔊

  see 薯蕷|薯蓣[shu3 yu4]

  13 strokes

• 蓥yíng🔊

  polish

  13 strokes

• 蓧diào🔊

  bamboo basket

  13 strokes

• 蓪tōng🔊

  Aralia papyrifera

  13 strokes