艸

See also: 草, 丱, and 艹
艸 U+8278, 艸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8278
← 艷
[U+8277] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 艹 →
[U+8279]

Translingual
Stroke order

Alternative forms
  • 艹 (when used as a head Chinese radical)
  • 䒑 (non-classical form)

Han character

艸 (radical 140, 艸+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 山山 (UU) or X山山 (XUU), four-corner 22447, composition ⿰屮屮)

  1. Kangxi radical #140, ⾋.
  2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №12

Usage notes
  • 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
  • Index:Chinese radical/艸
  • 𨒽, 𨴔, 𡳡, 𡴬, 𠱭, 𢘿, 𢄆, 𨑆, 𢠞

References
  • KangXi: page 1017, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1475, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3172, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8278

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 艸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – grass.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 艸 – see 草 (“grass; straw; thatch; herbal grasses; herbs; etc.”).
(This character, 艸, is an ancient form of 草.)

Japanese

Kanji
艸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Grass, vegetation.

Readings
  • On (unclassified): そう (sō)
  • Kun: くさ (kusa, 艸)

Korean

Hanja

艸 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

艸 (thảo, cỏ)

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