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.

• 花huā🔊

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 芙fú🔊

  used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus

  7 strokes

• 苏sū🔊

  old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

  7 strokes

• 芭bā🔊

  an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]

  7 strokes

• 苇wěi🔊

  reed

  7 strokes

• 芬fēn🔊

  perfume

  7 strokes

• 芥jiè🔊

  mustard

  7 strokes

• 芽yá🔊

  bud

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 芳fāng🔊

  fragrant

  7 strokes

• 䒗qì🔊

  old variant of 芞[qi4]

  7 strokes

• 芈mǐ🔊

  to bleat (of a sheep)

  7 strokes

• 芘pí🔊

  Malva sylvestris

  7 strokes

• 芚tún🔊

  green sprout

  7 strokes

• 芜wú🔊

  overgrown with weeds

  7 strokes

• 芞qì🔊

  a kind of aromatic herb (old)

  7 strokes

• 芟shān🔊

  to cut down

  7 strokes

• 芡qiàn🔊

  Gorgon plant

  7 strokes

• 芣fú🔊

  used in 芣苡[fu2 yi3] and 芣苢[fu2 yi3]

  7 strokes

• 芤kōu🔊

  hollow

  7 strokes

• 芦lú🔊

  rush

  7 strokes

• 芧xù🔊

  Scirpis maritimus

  7 strokes

• 芩qín🔊

  Phragmites japonica

  7 strokes

• 芪qí🔊

  see 黃芪|黄芪[huang2 qi2]

  7 strokes

• 芫yán🔊

  used in 芫荽[yan2 sui5]

  7 strokes

• 芮ruì🔊

  small

  7 strokes

• 芯xīn🔊

  (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)

  7 strokes

• 芰jì🔊

  (archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans)

  7 strokes

• 芴wù🔊

  fluorene C13H10

  7 strokes

• 芷zhǐ🔊

  angelica (type of iris)

  7 strokes

• 芸yún🔊

  common rue (Ruta graveolens)

  7 strokes

• 芹qín🔊

  Chinese celery

  7 strokes

• 芼mào🔊

  select

  7 strokes

• 芾fèi🔊

  see 蔽芾[bi4 fei4]

  7 strokes

• 芿rèng🔊

  weeds that regrow from cut-down roots

  7 strokes

• 苁cōng🔊

  Boschniakia glabra

  7 strokes

• 苄biàn🔊

  benzyl (chemistry)

  7 strokes

• 苈lì🔊

  Drabanemerosa hebecarpa

  7 strokes

• 苉pǐ🔊

  picene (C22H14)

  7 strokes

• 苊è🔊

  acenaphthene (C12H10)

  7 strokes

• 苋xiàn🔊

  amaranth (genus Amaranthus)

  7 strokes

• 苌cháng🔊

  plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)

  7 strokes

• 苍cāng🔊

  dark blue

  7 strokes

• 苎zhù🔊

  used in 苧麻|苎麻[zhu4 ma2]

  7 strokes

• 苡yǐ🔊

  used in 芣苡[fu2 yi3]

  7 strokes

• 苣jù🔊

  used in 萵苣|莴苣[wo1 ju4]

  7 strokes

• 若ruò🔊

  to seem

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 苦kǔ🔊

  bitter

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 英yīng🔊

  hero

  8 strokes