草 cǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 早 early
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
草原
cǎoyuán
grassland
Characters in this word
原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 草原很美。 Cǎo yuán hěn měi. The grassland is very beautiful.
- 我想去草原。 Wǒ xiǎng qù cǎo yuán. I want to go to the grassland.
- 草原上有牛。 Cǎo yuán shàng yǒu niú. There are cows on the grassland.