稻 dào
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 舀 to ladle out
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
稻草
dàocǎo
rice straw; straw
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 洪水退去后，田里的稻草被泥沙裹成一团。 Hóngshuǐ tuìqù hòu, tián lǐ de dàocǎo bèi níshā guǒ chéng yì tuán. After the flood receded, the rice straw in the field was wrapped into a mass by mud and sand.
- 农民把稻草堆成一座金黄色的小山。 Nóngmín bǎ dàocǎo duī chéng yí zuò jīnhuángsè de xiǎo shān. The farmers piled the rice straw into a golden little hill.
- 冬天，他们用稻草盖住菜地，防止蔬菜受冻。 Dōngtiān, tāmen yòng dàocǎo gài zhù càidì, fángzhǐ shūcài shòu dòng. In winter, they cover the vegetable plot with straw to keep the vegetables from freezing.
Related words
- 水稻 shuǐdào unhusked rice
- 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
- 草率 cǎoshuài careless; hasty
- 草药 cǎoyào herbal medicine; medicinal herb
- 潦草 liáocǎo hasty; careless; illegible
- 起草 qǐcǎo to draft; to draw up
- 采 cǎi to pick; to gather; to collect