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.

草

cǎo = c + ao3

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

草

cào = c + ao4

variant of 肏[cao4]

草 character breakdown

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

早

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).

艹

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

寸

cùn

草

cǎo

不

bù

生

she̅ng

lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren

大

dà

草

cǎo

莺

鶯

yi̅ng

(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus)

天

tia̅n

涯

yá

何

hé

处

處

chù

无

無

wú

芳

fa̅ng

草

cǎo

there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)

奇

qí

花

hua̅

异

異

yì

草

cǎo

very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)

好

hǎo

马

馬

mǎ

不

bù

吃

chi̅

回

huí

头

頭

tóu

草

cǎo

lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind

如

rú

草

cǎo

grassy

宿

sù

草

cǎo

grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night

宝

寶