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.

• 艺yì🔊

  skill

  4 strokes

• 艾ài🔊

  Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa

  5 strokes

• 节jié🔊

  joint; node

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 艻lè🔊

  used in 蘿艻|萝艻[luo2 le4]

  5 strokes

• 艽jiāo🔊

  see 秦艽[qin2 jiao1]

  5 strokes

• 艿nǎi🔊

  see 芋艿[yu4 nai3]

  5 strokes

• 芀tiáo🔊

  old variant of 苕[tiao2]

  5 strokes

• 芒máng🔊

  awn (of cereals)

  6 strokes

• 芃péng🔊

  luxuriant growth

  6 strokes

• 芄wán🔊

  Metaplexis stauntoni

  6 strokes

• 芊qiān🔊

  green

  6 strokes

• 芋yù🔊

  taro

  6 strokes

• 芍sháo🔊

  Chinese peony

  6 strokes

• 芎xiōng🔊

  used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1 qiong2] and 川芎[chuan1 xiong1]

  6 strokes

• 芏dù🔊

  used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

  6 strokes

• 芑qǐ🔊

  Panicum miliaceum

  6 strokes

• 芕suī🔊

  a kind of medicinal herb

  6 strokes

• 芗xiāng🔊

  aromatic herb used for seasoning

  6 strokes

• 芝zhī🔊

  Zoysia pungens

  6 strokes

• 芨jí🔊

  Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous)

  6 strokes