| 草 | 256A20 20A.10-4 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄘㄠˇ [cao3] . [Var.艸] | ||
| N. | (1) Grass: 草木 [cao3mu4]↓; 草卉，花草 flowers and underbush; 草叢 underbush; 打草驚蛇 frighten away thieves by raising a scare; 斬草除根 uproot s.t., destroy root and all; 拔草 to weed (a ground); 野草閒花 girls or women to be picked up; grassland: 草野，草莽 [cao3ye3], [cao3mang3]↓; 草頭露 like dew on the grass－evanescent. (2) Straw: 草帽，草鞋，草蓆 [cao3mao4], [cao3xie2], [cao3xi2]↓. (3) Rapid, cursive style of writing: 草書 [cao3shu1]↓; 大草 highly cursive writing; 行草 semi-cursive style usual in letters or any informal writing; 章草 60.10. (4) A draft: 起草 make a draft (of statement or any writing). | |||||
| V.t. | To draft (statement, etc.); hence also to pioneer s.t.: 草創，草制 [cao3chuang4], [cao3zhi4]1↓. | |||||
| Adj. | Drafted, not final: 草稿，草案 [cao3gao3], [cao3an4]↓. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Hastily: 草具 hastily prepare (letter, etc.). (2) Slipshod, crude, careless: 潦草，粗草 rough, careless (writing, work). (3) Female of species: 草驢 female donkey; 草雞 [cao3ji1]↓; 草馬 mare. | |||||
| Words | 1. 草案 [cao3an4], n., a draft (of resolution, proposal); a drafted plan. 2. 草包 [cao3bao1], n., (abuse) dullard, imbecile, one who is liable to spoil things. 3. 草本 [cao2ben3], n., (1) draft copy; [cao3ben3], (2) (bot.) a grass, herb. 4. 草標兒 [cao3biao1er0], n., a wisp of straw marking s.t. for sale: 插草標兒 mark s.t. to be sold in market. 5. 草鄙 [cao2bi3], adj., rustic, uneducated (person). 6. 草蜻蛉 [cao3qing1ling2], n., a grass insect, Chrysopa perla. 7. 草創 [cao3chuang4], v.i. & t., (1) to pioneer, start (s.t.); (2) (AC) to draft (document). 8. 草底兒 [cao2dieeer0], n., handwritten draft, original. 9. 草地 [cao3di4], n., lawn, grassy plot. 10. 草稿 [cao2gao3], n., preliminary draft (of essay, etc.). 11. 草雞 [cao3ji1], n., a hen; (fig.) a chicken-hearted person. 12. 草菅 [cao2jian1], v.t., as in 草菅人命 to have complete disregard for human life－slaughter people. 13. 草芥 [cao3jie4], n., insignificant trifle. 14. 草螽 [cao3zhong1], n., an insect, Conocephalus thumbergi. 15. 草蜘蛛 [cao3zhi1zhu1]2, n., a small spider, Agalena limbata. 16. 草制 [cao3zhi4]1, v.t., see [cao3chuang4] (2) ↑. 17. 草蛭 [cao3zhi4]2, n., a kind of leech, Haemadipsa japonica. 18. 草紙 [cao2zhi3], n., toilet paper. 19. 草寇 [cao3kou4], n., (AC) robbers, brigand. 20. 草萊 [cao3lai2], n., wasteland, primitive land or jungle. 21. 草蘭 [cao3lan2], n., a species of orchid, Cymbidium. 22. 草料 [cao3liao4], n., hay, fodder. 23. 草蘆 [cao3lu2], n., a grass hut, matshed. 24. 草綠 [cao3lU4], n., color of grass. 25. 草履蟲 [cao3lU3chong2], n., (zoo.) a primitive worm, Paramaecium caudatum. 26. 草莽 [cao2mang3], n., see [cao3lai2]↑. 27. 草帽（兒） [cao3mao4]([er0]), n., straw hat. 28. 草茅 [cao3mao2], n., lowly or rustic condition of life. 29. 草昧 [cao3mei4], n., primeval times. 30. 草棉 [cao3mian2], n., (bot.) common cotton. 31. 草木 [cao3mu4], n., vegetation in gen.; 草木灰 ashes from grass stalks, used as fertilizer. 32. 草坪 [cao3ping2], n., a lawn, a stretch of grassland. 33. 草上飛 [cao3shang4fei1], n., formerly, a fast rowboat on the Grand Canal. 34. 草上霜 [cao3shang4shuang1], n., a rare lamb skin, so called from the pearl-like white curls at the top. 35. 草寫 [cao3xie3], v.t., to write hastily or in hasty style. 36. 草鞋 [cao3xie2], n., straw sandal; 草鞋錢 tip demanded of people by official couriers, or petty officers. 37. 草蓆 [cao3xi2], n., straw mat. 38. 草書 [cao3shu1], n., cursive, rapid style of writing, marked by tendency to join strokes and economy of lines. 39. 草率 [cao3shuai4], adv., careless, slipshod, slovenly (in work). 40. 草市 [cao3shi4], n., village market. 41. 草石蠶 [cao3shi2can2], n., (bot.) Stachys sieboldi. 42. 草酸 [cao3suan1], n., (chem.) oxalic acid. 43. 草堂 [cao3tang2], n., (real or alleged) “grass abode”－scholar's residence. 44. 草草 [cao2cao3], adv., (finish s.t.) roughly, without due care. 45. 草刺兒 [cao3ce4er0], n., see [cao3jie4]↑. 46. 草蹙 [cao3cu4], adv., see [cao2cao3]↑. 47. 草次 [cao3ci4], adv., (AC) carelessly (＝造次); (2) on the grass, in open air. 48. 草賊 [cao3zei2], n., [cao3kou4]↑. 49. 草澤 [cao3ze2], n., life in the open: 起於草澤 rustic origins. 50. 草字 [cao3zi4], n., see [cao3shu1]↑. 51. 草字頭兒 [cao3zi4tou2er0], n., the “grass” radical “  ”; index No.20A.52. 草藥 [cao3yao4], n., herb medicine. 53. 草野 [cao3ye3], n., country life of common people; the people at large (opp. 朝廷 the court). 54. 草原 [cao3yUan2], n., steppe, prairie. | |||||