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RADICAL GROUP

艹 radical

Dictionary meaning: grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5].

421 indexed characters use this radical form.

Characters indexed under 艹

ài

Chinese mugwort or wormwood

ǎi

friendly

ǎi

Chinese character

ǎo

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

betel

smilax china

an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3ci2]

bàng

Arctium lappa

báo

thin

bǎo

dense foliage

bāo

bud

bèi

(flower) bud

běn

benzene

used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]

bean

castor seed

the castor-oil plant

Chinese character

to cover

Ficus pumila

biàn

benzyl (chemistry)

biāo

kind of raspberry

bo

Chinese character

spinach

cài

vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

cài

surname Cai

cáng

to conceal

cāng

dark blue

cāng

Chinese character

cǎo

grass

chá

stubble (crop residue)

chá

tea

chǎn

to complete

cháng

surname Chang

chāng

Chinese character

chí

name of a district in Shandong

chōng

Chinese character

chú

old variant of 芻|刍[chu2]

chún

used in 蓴菜|莼菜[chun2cai4]

chún

Chinese character

chún

Chinese character

Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)

Urtica thunbergiana

cōng

Boschniakia glabra

cōng

scallion

cōng

Chinese character

collect

cuì

collect

Chinese character

dàn

lotus

dàng

to wash

dàng

henbane

dàng

Chinese character

Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed)

stem (of fruit)

dǒng

to supervise

dōu

root and lower stem of certain plants

used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

é

zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

è

acenaphthene (C12H10)

è

calyx of a flower

ēn

anthracene

fán

Artemisia stellariana

fàn

pattern

fān

luxuriant

fān

fence; hedge

fāng

fragrant

fèi

luxuriance of vegetation

fēi

luxuriant (plant growth)

fēn

perfume

fēng

turnip

used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus

Angelica anomala

luxuriant growth

used in 茯苓[fu2 ling2]

turnip

gài

Chinese character

gān

licorice

gǎo

Chinese character

kudzu (Pueraria lobata)

gèn

ranunculus

gǒu

(literary) if indeed

(bound form) mushroom

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

hàn

lotus blossom

hāo

celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia)

hāo

to weed

Holland

He river in Shandong

héng

Asarum blumei (wild ginger plant)

hóng

used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]

hóng

(literary) luxuriant; flourishing

hōng

death of a prince

used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2lu5]

huá

Chinese character

huā

flower

huán

a kind of reed

huāng

desolate

huí

(bound form) fennel

huì

to flourish

huì

Coumarouna odorata

huì

Chinese character

hūn

strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)

hūn

Chinese character

huò

(literary) to catch; to capture

huò

(archaic) to measure

huò

Lophanthus rugosus

Tribulus terrestris

Houttuynia cordata

(archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans)

surname Ji

Chinese character

Chinese character

Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous)

jiá

pod (botany)

jiá

Chinese character

jiā

reed

jiàn

to recommend

jiàn

Chinese character

jiǎn

(bound form) cocoon

jiān

(grass)

jiān

reed

jiān

surname Jian

jiǎng

surname Jiang

jiǎng

Chinese character

jiāng

used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

jiāng

Chinese character

jiāo

Chinese character

jiāo

Zizania aquatica

jiāo

banana

jié

joint; node

jiè

mustard

jiè

to insult

jìn

Arthraxon ciliare

jìng

Chinese character

jīng

stalk

jīng

Chinese character

jīng

leek flower

(bound form) chrysanthemum

used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]

Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

betel

(hemp)

jué

Pteridium aquilinum

jūn

germ

kǎi

Chinese character

kǎn

camphane C10H18

severe

kòu

used in 豆蔻[dou4 kou4]

kōu

hollow

bitter

kuǎi

a rush

kuí

used in the names of various herbaceous plants

kuì

surname Kui

kuì

Chinese character

lái

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

lái

Chinese character

lán

blue

lán

Chinese character

lán

Chinese character

làng

Scopalia japonica maxin

làng

(herb)

used in 蘿艻|萝艻[luo2le4]

lěi

bud

red algae

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

Chinese character

Drabanemerosa hebecarpa

litchi

to attend (an official function)

used in 茉莉[mo4li4]

Chinese character

lián

lotus

lián

Chinese character

liǎn

trailing plant

liǎn

Chinese character

liǎo

polygonum

lìn

surname Lin

lìn

Chinese character

líng

fungus

líng

(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)

lóng

Polygonum posumbu

lóng

Chinese character

lóu

Arthemisia vulgaris

rush

Chinese character

madder

luó

radish

luó

Chinese character

luò

to leave out

mǎi

used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]

mǎi

Chinese character

màn

creeper

máng

awn (of cereals)

máng

vast, with no clear boundary

mǎng

(bound form) dense growth of grass

máo

reeds

máo

type of water plant

mào

luxuriant

méi

berry

méng

(bound form) to sprout; to bud

méng

to deceive

millet

lucky place

miáo

Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China

miǎo

to despise

miè

to belittle

mín

multitude

míng

Thea sinensis

mushroom

used in 茉莉[mo4li4]

do not

clover

nài

naphthalene C10H8

nǎi

Chinese character

niān

to fade

niǎo

parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry

ǒu

root of lotus

corolla of flower

pài

pinane

pān

Chinese character

péng

fleabane (family Asteraceae)

Malva sylvestris

piǎo

membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem

piě

used in 苤藍|苤蓝[pie3 lan5]

pín

Chinese character

píng

(artemisia)

píng

duckweed

place name

thicket

used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2sa4]

Portugal

refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis

Chinese character

used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]

stalks of pulse

(herb)

Chinese character

to repair

Chinese character

Panicum miliaceum

Celosia argentea

qiā

Chinese character

qián

used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2ma2]

qiàn

Gorgon plant

qiàn

(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

qiān

green

qiáng

used in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1]

qiáng

Chinese character

qiáo

common mallow (Malva sinensis)

qiáo

Chinese character

qié

phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common

qín

Phragmites japonica

qín

Chinese celery

qǐng

Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)

qióng

alone

qióng

Chinese character

lotus

surname Qu

quán

(fragrant plant)

rǎn

luxuriant growth

ráng

a kind of wild ginger

ráo

fuel

ráo

Chinese character

rěn

beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)

róng

(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy

róng

glory

róng

paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc

to eat

Chinese character

Elshotria paltrini

mat

ruí

fringe

ruì

surname Rui

ruǐ

stamen

ruò

to seem

ruò

young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail

Bodhisattva

Chinese character

shā

katydid (family Tettigoniidae)

shān

to cut down

shān

straw mat

sháo

Chinese peony

shèn

fruit of mulberry

shēn

Asarum

shì

(literary) to grow

shì

Chinese character

shī

yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

shǔ

potato

shū

legumes (peas and beans)

shū

vegetables

shuò

pod

sōng

(cabbage)

sǒu

marsh

sǒu

Chinese character

sōu

(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia)

surname Su

surname Su

Chinese character

suàn

garlic

suī

coriander

sūn

fragrant grass

suō

rain coat made of straw etc

tái

used in 舌苔[she2 tai1]

tái

Carex dispalatha

táo

used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

téng

rattan

tiáo

reed grass

tiē

terpene (chemistry)

tíng

stalk of grass

tíng

Draba nemerosa bebe carpa

tóng

Chrysanthemum coronarium

thistle

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses)

wán

Metaplexis stauntoni

wàn

Chinese character

wǎn

Skimmia japonica

wǎn

used in 紫菀[zi3wan3]

wèi

Artemisia japonica

wěi

reed

wěi

to wither

wěi

Chinese character

wēi

luxuriant

wēi

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern

wèng

water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia

wěng

luxuriant vegetation

used in 萵苣|莴苣[wo1ju4]

to make dirty

overgrown with weeds

Chinese character

(old) vaguely

feel insecure

(grass)

Chinese character

xiàn

amaranth (genus Amaranthus)

xiàn

Chinese character

xiǎn

moss

xiǎn

Chinese character

xiān

used in 豨薟|豨莶[xi1xian1]

xiāng

aromatic herb used for seasoning

xiāng

Chinese character

xiāng

Chinese character

xiāo

miserable

xiāo

Chinese character

xiè

Allium bakeri

xīn

used in 芯子[xin4zi5]

xīn

(literary) firewood; fuel

xìng

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

xiōng

used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1qiong2]

xu

clover

to store up

xuān

orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

xuē

surname Xue

xún

surname Xun

xùn

mold

xūn

sweet-smelling grass

bud

yān

to wither

yào

medicine

yào

Chinese character

yǎo

a variety of grass

Chinese character

(grass)

skill

Chinese character

Chinese character

common plantain (Plantago major)

yìn

indene (chemistry)

yìn

shade

yīn

mattress

yīn

Chinese character

yíng

(literary) a grave

yíng

place name

yíng

a glimmer

yíng

luster of gems

yíng

firefly

yíng

camp

yíng

(literary) to wind around

yíng

polish

yīng

United Kingdom

yīng

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

yóu

Chinese character

yóu

Caryopteris divaricata

yóu

Chinese character

yǒu

Setaria viridis

used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]

taro

Chinese character

Chinese character

surname Xu

yuán

used in 芫荽[yan2 sui5]

yuàn

(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park

yuǎn

surname Wei

yún

common rue (Ruta graveolens)

yún

Chinese character

yùn

to accumulate

yùn

Chinese character

zàng

to bury (the dead)

zǎo

aquatic grasses

zhǎ

Chinese character

zhàn

to dip in (ink, sauce etc)

zhè

sugar cane

zhēn

abundant, luxuriant vegetation

zhēng

to evaporate

zhǐ

angelica (type of iris)

zhī

Zoysia pungens

zhī

Physalis angulata

zhòu

(dialect) to wrap with straw

zhù

Boehmeria nivea

zhù

(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene)

zhù

to make known

zhū

used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]

zhuāng

Chinese character

zhuó

to display vigorous, new growth

used in 鳧茈|凫茈[fu2ci2]

now

Chinese character

marshland

zuì

to assemble

zuò

straw cushion

a kind of vegetable