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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
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reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
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  *薽* | 薽* | *薽
(grass) / (orchid)
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
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  *荪* | 荪* | *荪
fragrant grass
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  *藻* | 藻* | *藻
aquatic grasses / elegant
(idiom) from bottom to top; from the grass roots up; bottom-up
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  *薛* | 薛* | *薛
wormwood like grass (classical)
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  *芒* | 芒* | *芒
awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of , Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora
grass
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  *菅* | 菅* | *菅
(grass) / Themeda forsbali
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind
pasture / forage grass / pasturage
liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
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  *荐* | 荐* | *荐
to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
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  *荑* | 荑* | *荑
(grass)
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  *艹* | 艹* | *艹
medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren
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  *簟* | 簟* | *簟
fine woven grass mat
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
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  *苕* | 苕* | *苕
reed grass / Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
to mow grass and cut firewood / grass mower / woodman
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  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
grass carp
verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc)
mow grass
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  *刍* | 刍* | *刍
to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder
forage grass
tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness
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  *鲩* | 鲩* | *鲩
grass carp
lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble); fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
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  *乇* | 乇* | *乇
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
grass
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
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  *蕔* | 蕔* | *蕔
a kind of grass (old)
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  *荛* | 荛* | *荛
fuel / grass
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  *莛* | 莛* | *莛
stalk of grass
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  *稂* | 稂* | *稂
grass / weeds
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  *茷* | 茷* | *茷
denseness of grass-foliage
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  *莦* | 莦* | *莦
jungle grass / lair
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  *葽* | 葽* | *葽
Polygala japonica / lush (grass)
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
legendary grass conferring invisibility / fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
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  *薠* | 薠* | *薠
plant similar to coco-grass 莎草 (classical)
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  *丵* | 丵* | *丵
thick grass / "bush" component in Chinese characters
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  *茦* | 茦* | *茦
pointed grass blade / to prick
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  *韎* | 韎* | *韎
a grass that gives red dye
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  *蓔* | 蓔* | *蓔
a variety of grass
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  *茸* | 茸* | *茸
(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
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  *稊* | 稊* | *稊
grass / tares
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  *蓰* | 蓰* | *蓰
(grass) / increase five fold
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  *撮* | 撮* | *撮
classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair
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  *䓕* | 䓕* | *䓕
(arch.) type of grass
green grass
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  *蕝* | 蕝* | *蕝
coarse grass used to show rank
to graze; to eat grass
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass
heartbreak grass (Gelsemium elegans)
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
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  *莽* | 莽* | *莽
(bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast; boundless / (bound form) boorish; reckless
(bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)
grass-fed
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides) / Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
withered grass; dry grass
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers

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