Translingual
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Stroke order
Alternative forms
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艹 ( as top component in Han characters )
䒑 ( non-classical form )
Han character
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艸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 山山 (UU ) or 難山山 (XUU ), four-corner 22447 , composition ⿰䶹 屮 )
Kangxi radical #140, ⾋ .
Shuowen Jiezi radical №12
Usage notes
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 1,902 characters (out of 40,000) that use this radical, making this the most commonly used radical.
Derived characters
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References
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Kangxi Dictionary: page 1017 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30638
Dae Jaweon: page 1475, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3172, character 1
Unihan data for U+8278
Glyph origin
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Pictogram (象形 ) – grass blades.
Definitions
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For pronunciation and definitions of 艸 – see 草 (“herbaceous plant; herb ; weed ; wort ; grass ; forb ; Used in names of some woody plants; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 草 ).
Japanese
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艸 • (cho ) (hangeul 초 , revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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Vietnamese
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Han character
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艸 : Hán Nôm readings: thảo , cỏ
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