The radical 艸 (cǎo) means “grass” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 艹.
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Characters with radical
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菜
(n.) dish, vegetable
茶
(n.) tea
药
(n./v.) medicine, drug; to kill with poison | (char.) certain chemicals; (lit.) to cure
着
(v./n.) wear (clothes); come into contact with; apply, use; assign, dispatch; order; whereabouts | (n./v.) trick, move; move in chess; (dialect) to put in, to add | (par.) (after a verb to indicate an action is in a progress or in a certain state that continues) | (v.) attach, come in contact with; be affected (by...); catch fire; fall asleep | (aux.) used after a verb as a complement to indicate the result of the action
草
(n.) grass; straw | (adj.) illegible, hard to read; being a draft, preliminary | (char.) cursive style of writing
薄
(adj.) (of object) thin; (of emotion or attitude) cold; (of land) infertile; (of taste) weak | (char.) meager, weak; to despise, to disdain | (char.) thin; slight, meagre; unkind, ungenerous; frivolous; harsh; to reduce; to treat shabbily; to draw near | (char.) (used in the name of) mint
盖
(v./n.) to cover; to shield; to build or construct; cover, lid; (of tortoise or crab) shell | (v.) to affix, to imprint; to overwhelm, to surpass | (adv./conj.) (lit.) about, approximately; for, because
荤
(n./adj.) meat or fish, (Buddhism) vegetables with odors; indecent
茎
(m.) (lit.) a measure word used for long and narrow things, e.g. grass, hair | (n.) thing like a stalk or stem | (n.) stalk; stem (of a plant)
苹
(char.) used in the Chinese name of apple (see 苹果)
蕉
(char.) broad-leaf plants
着
(v./n.) wear (clothes); come into contact with; apply, use; assign, dispatch; order; whereabouts | (n./v.) trick, move; move in chess; (dialect) to put in, to add | (par.) (after a verb to indicate an action is in a progress or in a certain state that continues) | (v.) attach, come in contact with; be affected (by...); catch fire; fall asleep | (aux.) used after a verb as a complement to indicate the result of the action
获
(v.) to gain, to obtain; to capture | (v.) to harvest
落
(v.) drop, fall; let fall; descend; cease, stop; receive, get; fall onto | (v.) leave out, be missing; leave behind; fall or drop behind | (v.) go down, fall (not used often) | (char.) lag, fall behind; be on the wane; write down; settlement; place where one or something stops | (char.) (dialect) only used in one word: 大大落落
葡
(char.) grape (see 葡萄)
萄
(char.) (grapes - This character is not used alone)
慕
(char.) admire, envy; pine for, hanker after
叶
(n.) leaf; leaf-like thing; Chinese family name; part of a historical period | (char.) be in harmony, be in accord (with)
艺
(char.) art; skill
著
Only in compound words
藏
(n.) Tibet (abbr. for Tibet Autonomous Region); Tibetan people | (v.) to collect, to store; to hide | (char.) storage, depository; Buddhist or Taoist scriptures
华
(n./adj.) China, Chinese; time, prime of youth; (meteorology) corona; splendid, magnificent; prosperous; extravagant | (char.) name of a mountain; Chinese family name
营
(n./v.) battalion; camps; to run, to operate; to construct; to strive for
劳
(char.) fatigued; to make sb. toil; meritorious deed; to reward; labor; laborer | (v.) to put sb. to the trouble (of doing sth.)
蔬
(char.) vegetable
荐
(char.) to recommend; (lit.) to sacrifice; (lit.) straw mat, straw
英
(adj./n.) excellent; youthful; outstanding person, hero; flower; (short form for English or Britain)
薄
(adj.) (of object) thin; (of emotion or attitude) cold; (of land) infertile; (of taste) weak | (char.) meager, weak; to despise, to disdain | (char.) thin; slight, meagre; unkind, ungenerous; frivolous; harsh; to reduce; to treat shabbily; to draw near | (char.) (used in the name of) mint
苍
(adj.) dark green or blue; gray, ashy | (char.) (lit.) sky, heaven
