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
草率
cǎoshuài
careless; hasty
Characters in this word
率 lǜ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 玄 — deep, profound, abstruse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在证据尚未核实之前，作出结论未免过于草率。 Zài zhèngjù shàngwèi héshí zhīqián, zuòchū jiélùn wèimiǎn guòyú cǎoshuài. Before the evidence has been verified, drawing a conclusion is rather too hasty.
- 这么重要的事，你的态度太草率了。 Zhème zhòngyào de shì, nǐ de tàidu tài cǎoshuài le. For something this important, your attitude is far too careless.
- 他草率地签了字，后来才发现合同有问题。 Tā cǎoshuài de qiān le zì, hòulái cái fāxiàn hétong yǒu wèntí. He signed carelessly and only later found that there was a problem with the contract.
Related words
- 草 cǎo grass
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 草原 cǎoyuán grassland
- 草案 cǎo'àn draft; draft proposal
- 草丛 cǎocóng grass thicket; clump of grass
- 草坪 cǎopíng lawn
- 草药 cǎoyào herbal medicine; medicinal herb
- 稻草 dàocǎo rice straw; straw
- 潦草 liáocǎo hasty; careless; illegible
- 起草 qǐcǎo to draft; to draw up
- 汇率 huìlǜ exchange rate
- 率先 shuàixiān to be the first