"艸" meaning in Chinese

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Character

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 艸 – see 草 . . [canonical], herb [romanization]
Etymology: Pictogram (象形) – grass blades. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han pictograms}}, {{liushu|p}} Pictogram (象形)
  1. Tags: no-gloss Categories (lifeform): Plants

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 艸 meaning in Chinese (1.3kB)

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