grass
cǎo (cao3)
Radical no. 140 · 6 strokes (第 140 部首 · 6 画 dì 140 bùshǒu · 6 huà)
Radical ⾋ (cǎo) — meaning: grass, 6 strokes.
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.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
327 characters- 藊biǎn
see 藊豆[bian3 dou4]
17 strokes
- 藋diào
Sambucu javinica
17 strokes
- 荩jìn
Arthraxon ciliare
17 strokes
- 藐miǎo
to despise
17 strokes
- 藒qiè
see 藒車|藒车[qie4 che1]
17 strokes
- 藓xiǎn
moss
17 strokes
- 藤téng
variant of 藤[teng2]
18 strokes
- 藩fān
fence; hedge
18 strokes
- 藕ǒu
root of lotus
18 strokes
- 藙yì
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
18 strokes
- 藜lí
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
18 strokes
- 艺yì
skill
18 strokes
- 藟lěi
bud
18 strokes
- 藠jiào
see 藠頭|藠头[jiao4 tou5]
18 strokes
- 藦mó
Metaplexis stauntoni
18 strokes
- 藨biāo
used in 藨草[biao1 cao3]
18 strokes
- 藳gǎo
old variant of 稿[gao3]
18 strokes
- 𬟁yì
see 虉草|𬟁草[yi4 cao3]
18 strokes
- 苏sū
old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
19 strokes
- 苈lì
Drabanemerosa hebecarpa
19 strokes
- 藻zǎo
aquatic grasses
19 strokes
- 藿huò
Lophanthus rugosus
19 strokes
- 蘁wù
to disobey
19 strokes
- 蘅héng
Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
19 strokes
- 芦lú
rush
19 strokes
- 苹píng
used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3]
19 strokes
- 蘑mó
mushroom
19 strokes
- 茏lóng
Polygonum posumbu
19 strokes
- 蘧qú
Dianthus superbus
19 strokes
- 兰lán
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
20 strokes
- 䕭qián
variant of 蕁|荨[qian2]
20 strokes
- 蘗bò
old variant of 檗[bo4]
20 strokes
- 蘘ráng
a kind of wild ginger
20 strokes
- 蘝liǎn
variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant
20 strokes
- 蘩fán
Artemisia stellariana
20 strokes
- 蘸zhàn
to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
HSK 722 strokes
- 蘻jì
a kind of herb (old)
22 strokes
- 蘼mí
millet
22 strokes
- 虀jī
fragment
22 strokes
Quick check
A few short questions. No score kept, no account needed.
Question 1 of 5
Which radical is the main radical of 蓬?
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.