草

cǎo = c + ao3

variant of 草[cao3]

草 = 艹 + 早 : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.

cǎo = c + ao3

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

草 = 艹 + 早 : The King of Chu has an important appointment today, so he set a special alarm the day before. Before he went to sleep on his artificial lawn, he set up a bale of straw just above his artificial lawn; when the alarm goes off the bale of straw will fall down on him and wake him up.

cào = c + ao4

variant of 肏[cao4]

草 character breakdown

草
- 早
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
- 艹

zǎo = z + ao3

early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely

早 = 十 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: your very own annoying alarm clock going off in the morning.

The sun (日) is rising above Zorro's (z) alarm clock (早) in the aorta's living room (ao3), but Zorro just smashs it with a big cross (十).

cǎo = c + ao3

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

Artificial lawn. The King of Chu burns artificial lawn in the aorta.

Characters with 草 as component

草 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 草

lawn mower (machine)

lawnmower

(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate

mow grass

tough upright grass / fig. a staunch character able to withstand tough test

(bird species of China) Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)

tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship

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before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach

caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)

Sentences with 草

dào

chù

ji̅n

bì

hui̅

huáng

biàn

dì

qí

hua̅

yì

cǎo

In heaven, everything is resplendent and magnificent and is decorated by exotic flowers.