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艹

cǎo

grass radical 草字头儿 (cǎo zì tóur) radical

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著zhe · HSK 4word after a verb showing the action is still happening (same as 着)英yīng · HSK 2England; Britain花huā · HSK 1flower; blossom节jié · HSK 2festival or holiday (as in 节日, 春节)获huò · HSK 4to get; to obtain (as in 获得)萨sà · HSK 7-9Buddhist holy being (as in 菩萨)苏sū · HSK 6to come back to life; to wake up艺yì · HSK 3art (as in 艺术)营yíng · HSK 3camp; a place where soldiers live落luò · HSK 3to fall or drop down蒙méng · HSK 6to cover菜cài · HSK 1vegetable; greens

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蕭xiāomournful, desolate; common Artemisa蔔bóradish; root vegetables葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata)葬zàngto bury (a dead person)荒huāngempty land with no people; wild菌jūngerm; very small living thing that can make you sick茂màothick and growing well (of plants)薄báothin (in thickness, easy to break)蔬shūvegetables, greens (as in 蔬菜)蒋jiǎngsurname Jiang蔣jiǎngHydropyrum latifalium; surname藉jísurname Ji薪xīnsalary (as in 薪水)萝luóradish (as in 萝卜)蘿luócarrot, radish, turnip蕾lěiflower bud (as in 花蕾)蕉jiāobanana (as in 香蕉)薑jiāngginger荐jiànto recommend (as in 推荐)薦jiànto recommend; to recur, to repeat苍cāngpale (as in 苍白)蒼cāngdark blue; deep green; old, hoary茄jiāsound "jia" in foreign words (as in 茄克, jacket)芒mángsharp point on grass or grain (as in 芒果)藩fānfence; hedge蒸zhēngto steam food (as in 蒸饭)莓méi(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)薯shǔpotato (as in 土豆薯条 french fries)苑yuànsurname Yuan芭bābanana or plantain tree (as in 芭蕉)薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern荡dàngto swing gently back and forth蕩dàngpond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out葵kuíused in the names of various herbaceous plants薛xuēsurname Xue茵yīnmattress菊júchrysanthemum, a flower (as in 菊花)蓬péngmessy or untidy, like hair standing up (as in 乱蓬蓬)蒲púsurname Pu茅máoa kind of tall grass (as in 茅草)萌méngto sprout; to start to grow芙fúused in 芙蓉 (fú róng), lotus葱cōngscallion; green onion蔥cōngscallions, leeks, green onions荊jīngthorns, brambles; surname芦lúreed, a tall water plant (as in 芦苇)蘆lúrushes, reeds菠bōspinach蒜suàngarlic蓄xùto store up; to save苯běnbenzene荫yīnshade under a tree (as in 树荫)蔭yīnshade, shelter; to protect芽yábud (as in 发芽)藻zǎowater plants that grow in lakes and rivers萤yíngfirefly蕃fānforeign (non-Chinese)莹yíngsparkling like a jewel菩púbodhisattva, a wise and kind Buddhist figure (as in 菩萨)荃quán(fragrant plant)

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