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.

• 荞qiáo🔊

  used in 蕎麥|荞麦[qiao2 mai4]

  9 strokes

• 荟huì🔊

  to flourish

  9 strokes

• 荠jì🔊

  see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]

  9 strokes

• 荤hūn🔊

  strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)

  9 strokes

• 荨qián🔊

  used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2 ma2]

  9 strokes

• 荩jìn🔊

  Arthraxon ciliare

  9 strokes

• 荪sūn🔊

  fragrant grass

  9 strokes

• 荫yīn🔊

  (bound form) shade (of a tree)

  9 strokes

• 荬mǎi🔊

  used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3 mai5 cai4]

  9 strokes

• 荭hóng🔊

  used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]

  9 strokes

• 荮zhòu🔊

  (dialect) to wrap with straw

  9 strokes

• 莒jǔ🔊

  alternative name for taro (old)

  9 strokes

• 莚yán🔊

  bamboo mat

  9 strokes

• 莛tíng🔊

  stalk of grass

  9 strokes

• 莫mò🔊

  do not

  10 strokes

• 莎shā🔊

  katydid (family Tettigoniidae)

  10 strokes

• 莉lì🔊

  used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]

  10 strokes

• 莱lái🔊

  name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

  10 strokes

• 华huá🔊

  magnificent

  10 strokes

• 荷hé🔊

  lotus

  10 strokes

• 获huò🔊

  (literary) to catch; to capture

  HSK 4

  10 strokes

• 庄zhuāng🔊

  variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]

  10 strokes

• 莲lián🔊

  lotus

  10 strokes

• 刍chú🔊

  to mow or cut grass

  10 strokes

• 茝chǎi🔊

  aromatic plant, possibly Dahurian angelica 白芷[bai2 zhi3] (archaic)

  10 strokes

• 荥xíng🔊

  used in 滎陽|荥阳[Xing2 yang2] (the name of a place in Henan)

  10 strokes

• 荧yíng🔊

  a glimmer

  10 strokes

• 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