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草

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See also: 艸
草 U+8349, 草
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8349
← 荈
[U+8348] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 荊 →
[U+834A]

Translingual

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Han character

草 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日十 (TAJ), four-corner 44406, composition ⿱艹早)

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters
  • 𠹊, 𰌐, 𭡶, 𣺞, 𨕡, 𬃸, 𬊳, 𦞻, 𦹯, 𫥬, 𫶱, 𧤣
  • 𮏱, 𢾳, 𮐍, 𮐌, 𦷖, 𰱰, 𦹸, 𱾑, 𬞁, 𦹵, 𦺏, 𮑅, 𦾠, 𮑤, 𮒇, 𮒠, 𰲍, 𧄊, 𧄳, 𮓆, 𧅭, 𫊘
  • 𠌓, 𤌸, 𦸶, 𰩗, 𧄣, 𭆍, 𪋛, 𦳕

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1030, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30945
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3203, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8349
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (早) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰuːʔ): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 早 (OC *ʔsuːʔ). Originally referred to 皂, and later borrowed for the “grass” sense, replacing 艸.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tswa-n (“grass”); cognate with Tibetan རྩྭ (rtswa, “grass”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Alternatively, it may be related to 芻 (OC *sʰro, “hay”), from Austroasiatic; compare Mon ချဲ (“grass; weeds; hay”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chāu - vernacular;
  • chō̤ - literary.
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Definitions

草

  1. herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb
    草地上有一頭牛在吃草。 [MSC, trad.]
    草地上有一头牛在吃草。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cǎodì shàng yǒu yī tóu niú zài chī cǎo. [Pinyin]
    There is one cow eating grass on the lawn.
    香草  ―  xiāngcǎo  ―  fragrant herb
    除草  ―  chúcǎo  ―  to weed
    草木樨  ―  cǎomùxī  ―  sweet clover
    草魚／草鱼  ―  cǎoyú  ―  grass carp (a herbivorous fish)
  2. Used in names of some woody plants.
    莽草  ―  mǎngcǎo  ―  Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum
    舞草  ―  wǔcǎo  ―  Codariocalyx motorius
    醉魚草／醉鱼草  ―  zuìyúcǎo  ―  Buddleja lindleyana
  3. straw
    稻草  ―  dàocǎo  ―  rice straw
    草鞋  ―  cǎoxié  ―  straw sandals
  4. (Cantonese, slang) marijuana; cannabis; weed
    㨃草 [Cantonese]  ―  deoi2 cou2 [Jyutping]  ―  to smoke weed
  5. (dated) countryside; wilderness
    草野  ―  cǎoyě  ―  wilderness
    落草為寇／落草为寇  ―  luòcǎowéikòu  ―  to become a bandit in the countryside
  6. common; ordinary
    草民  ―  cǎomín  ―  common people
    草球  ―  cǎoqiú  ―  Echinopsis oxygona
    草金魚／草金鱼  ―  cǎojīnyú  ―  common goldfish
    草龜／草龟  ―  cǎoguī  ―  Mauremys reevesii (the most common turtle in China)
    草狗  ―  cǎogǒu  ―  native breeds of dog
    草雞／草鸡  ―  cǎojī  ―  native breeds of chiken
  7. (dialectal, chiefly of livestock or poultry) female (variant: 騲)
    草馬／草马  ―  cǎomǎ  ―  female horse
    草狗  ―  cǎogǒu  ―  female dog
    草雞／草鸡  ―  cǎojī  ―  hen
  8. careless; rough; sloppy
    草率  ―  cǎolǜ  ―  hasty
    草書／草书  ―  cǎoshū  ―  cursive script
  9. (calligraphy) Short for 草書／草书 (cǎoshū, “cursive script (grass script)”).
    狂草  ―  kuángcǎo  ―  wild cursive script
  10. draft; sketch
    草擬／草拟  ―  cǎonǐ  ―  to draft; to draw up (a plan)
  11. (chemistry) oxalic
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草):
  • → Japanese: 草(そう) (sō)
  • → Korean: 초(草) (cho)
  • → Vietnamese: thảo (草)

Others:

  • Vietnamese: tháu (“scrawling”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 草 – see 皂 (“black; acorn; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 皂).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

草

  1. (slang, euphemistic, Internet slang) Alternative form of 肏 (“fuck”)

Etymology 4

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 草 (kusa, “LOL”). See the Japanese entry for more information.

As an interjection, this term is easily confused with the native “fuck” sense above. To distinguish between the two senses, 中國語／中国语 (Zhōngguóyǔ, “Chinese”) and 日本語／日本语 (Rìběnyǔ, “Japanese”) are usually put in parentheses following the term to specify which sense is intended.

Pronunciation

Definitions

草

  1. (neologism, Internet slang) LOL
    草（中日雙語）／草（中日双语）  ―  cǎo (zhōngrì shuāngyǔ)  ―  fuck lmao (literally, “草 (in Chinese and Japanese)”)
  2. (neologism, Internet slang) hilarious
    這也太草了吧。／这也太草了吧。  ―  Zhè yě tài cǎo le ba.  ―  Isn't this a bit too hilarious?

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