COMPONENT GUIDE
The “艹” component
ǎo · grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
Found in 430 indexed Chinese characters.
Characters containing 艹
a kind of vegetable
to toil
plants
Chinese character
Chinese character
aromatic wood
to fill
heat
rafters supporting tiles
to conceal from
eyesight obscured
Chinese character
skill
used in 蘿艻|萝艻[luo2le4]
Chinese character
Chinese mugwort or wormwood
Chinese character
Metaplexis stauntoni
green
taro
Chinese peony
used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1qiong2]
used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]
Panicum miliaceum
awn (of cereals)
aromatic herb used for seasoning
Malva sylvestris
used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
overgrown with weeds
Zoysia pungens
to cut down
Gorgon plant
hollow
mustard
rush
Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous)
Phragmites japonica
Chinese character
used in 芫荽[yan2 sui5]
perfume
an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]
surname Rui
used in 芯子[xin4zi5]
(archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans)
flower
fragrant
(old) vaguely
angelica (type of iris)
common rue (Ruta graveolens)
Chinese celery
bud
luxuriance of vegetation
Boschniakia glabra
benzyl (chemistry)
reed
Drabanemerosa hebecarpa
acenaphthene (C12H10)
amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
surname Chang
dark blue
Boehmeria nivea
surname Su
(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park
luxuriant growth
fungus
used in 舌苔[she2 tai1]
reed grass
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)
severe
clover
bud
(literary) if indeed
multitude
common plantain (Plantago major)
used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]
used in 苤藍|苤蓝[pie3 lan5]
to seem
bitter
(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene)
straw mat
benzene
United Kingdom
Chinese character
(hemp)
licorice
(artemisia)
Angelica anomala
luxuriant growth
to display vigorous, new growth
luxuriant
pattern
phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common
reeds
type of water plant
betel
used in 鳧茈|凫茈[fu2ci2]
used in 茉莉[mo4li4]
name of a district in Shandong
Polygonum posumbu
parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry
(literary) a grave
alone
Thea sinensis
indene (chemistry)
ranunculus
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
(bound form) cocoon
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
vast, with no clear boundary
stubble (crop residue)
Zizania aquatica
used in 茯苓[fu2 ling2]
used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]
Chinese character
used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]
(bound form) fennel
mattress
tea
(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
to eat
Chinese character
Chrysanthemum coronarium
surname Xun
(fragrant plant)
Chinese character
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
grass
Chinese character
beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)
to recommend
(grass)
litchi
pod (botany)
fuel
bean
common mallow (Malva sinensis)
to flourish
used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]
to wash
glory
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
place name
brindled ox
a glimmer
used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2ma2]
Arthraxon ciliare
fragrant grass
shade
used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]
used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]
(dialect) to wrap with straw
medicine
Holland
used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]
Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed)
thistle
coriander
to attend (an official function)
place name
used in 茉莉[mo4li4]
Chinese character
katydid (family Tettigoniidae)
Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province
berry
Chinese character
Asarum
stalk of grass
Chinese character
Skimmia japonica
Setaria viridis
Chinese character
Chinese character
Scopalia japonica maxin
membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem
zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
do not
camphane C10H18
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
lotus
(literary) to grow
used in 萵苣|莴苣[wo1ju4]
used in 豨薟|豨莶[xi1xian1]
(literary) to catch; to capture
Caryopteris divaricata
luster of gems
oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
used in 蓴菜|莼菜[chun2cai4]
(bound form) dense growth of grass
Urtica thunbergiana
used in 紫菀[zi3wan3]
leek flower
(grass)
(bound form) mushroom
(bound form) chrysanthemum
germ
He river in Shandong
turnip
Chinese character
(cabbage)
vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
smilax china
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses)
spinach
lotus blossom
Chinese character
used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2sa4]
henbane
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus
(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
luxuriant (plant growth)
to wither
marshland
legumes (peas and beans)
stalks of pulse
collect
used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]
castor seed
Chinese character
Celosia argentea
(bound form) to sprout; to bud
duckweed
to wither
lotus
a kind of reed
naphthalene C10H8
terpene (chemistry)
radish
Chinese character
firefly
camp
(literary) to wind around
miserable
Bodhisattva
Chinese character
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]
calyx of a flower
to leave out
straw cushion
dense foliage
Chinese character
turnip
to make known
Chinese character
fruit of mulberry
kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
Chinese character
Portugal
to supervise
Chinese character
corolla of flower
used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2lu5]
to bury (the dead)
reed
scallion
luxuriant
used in the names of various herbaceous plants
Draba nemerosa bebe carpa
Chinese character
feel insecure
to repair
stem (of fruit)
to complete
Chinese character
surname Kui
surname Jiang
Arthemisia vulgaris
pinane
(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia)
Chinese character
Chinese character
(herb)
to deceive
garlic
Chinese character
betel
Arctium lappa
(archaic) to measure
old variant of 芻|刍[chu2]
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
pod
to evaporate
reed
Tribulus terrestris
young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail
Chinese character
anthracene
celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia)
abundant, luxuriant vegetation
lucky place
to store up
paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc
luxuriant vegetation
Chinese character
yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
mat
rain coat made of straw etc
(flower) bud
a variety of grass
the castor-oil plant
blue
surname Ji
red algae
Chinese character
polish
fleabane (family Asteraceae)
Chinese character
(grass)
Chinese character
polygonum
Chinese character
clover
surname Su
to belittle
creeper
Chinese character
sugar cane
Artemisia japonica
collect
surname Cai
Chinese character
Chinese character
to fade
vegetables
Chinese character
used in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1]
root and lower stem of certain plants
trailing plant
surname Lin
used in 豆蔻[dou4 kou4]
friendly
to cover
luxuriant
mold
banana
stamen
Chinese character
surname Jian
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
lotus
Chinese character
Coumarouna odorata
to assemble
Chinese character
Chinese character
fringe
Pteridium aquilinum
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
(herb)
to accumulate
Chinese character
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
Houttuynia cordata
(literary) luxuriant; flourishing
bud
thin
to weed
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
surname Xue
Ficus pumila
Allium bakeri
Chinese character
death of a prince
Chinese character
(literary) firewood; fuel
marsh
potato
sweet-smelling grass
surname Wei
to make dirty
Elshotria paltrini
Carex dispalatha
Chinese character
Chinese character
surname Xu
to insult
Chinese character
to conceal
to despise
Chinese character
moss
root of lotus
madder
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
Chinese character
rattan
Chinese character
kind of raspberry
fence; hedge
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
aquatic grasses
Lophanthus rugosus
Chinese character
Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
mushroom
a kind of wild ginger
Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese character
surname Qu
Artemisia stellariana
Chinese character
Physalis angulata
to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
Chinese character
millet
Chinese character
mite
used in 蹣跚|蹒跚[pan2shan1]
type of owl
dawdling