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Word and Radical Components of 香草

The Chinese word 香草 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
香草 xiāngcǎo 1. n. fragrant herb
2. n. vanilla
3. n. Elsholtzia; Vietnamese balm

香草 ⇨ 香 + 草
Component Pinyin Meanings
香 xiāng 1. fragrant; fragrance
     Antonyms: 臭
2. (of food) aromatic; delicious-smelling
3. (of eating) having the appearance that one really enjoys the food; (of sleep) sound
4. (internet slang) wonderful; enjoyable (in general)
5. popular
6. perfume
7. (religion) joss stick; incense
8. (figurative) woman
9. (chiefly Wu) to kiss
10. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to die
11. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 芳 (-, t=fragrant)
草 cǎo 1. herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb
     草地 上 有 一 頭 牛 在 吃 草。 - There is one cow eating grass on the lawn.
     香草 - fragrant herb
     蒿草 - mugwort
2. Used in names of some woody plants
     莽草 - Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum
     舞草 - Codariocalyx motorius
     醉魚草 - Buddleja lindleyana
3. straw
     稻草 - rice straw
     草鞋 - straw sandals
4. (Cantonese, slang) marijuana; cannabis; weed
     㨃deoi2 草 - to smoke weed
5. (dated) countryside; wilderness
     落草為wéi寇 - to become a bandit in the countryside
6. common; ordinary
     草金魚 - common goldfish
7. (dialectal, chiefly of livestock or poultry) female
8. draft; sketch
9. careless; rough; sloppy
10. to draft
     草擬 - to draft; to draw up (a plan)
11. (calligraphy) Short for 草書, cursive script (grass script)
     狂草 - wild cursive
12.    cursive
13. (chemistry) oxalic
14. Variant of 皂
cǎo 15. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (fuck)
cǎo 16. (neologism, internet slang) LOL
     草（中日 雙語） - fuck lmao
17. (neologism, internet slang) hilarious
     這 也 太 草 了 吧。 - Isn't this a bit too hilarious?

香 ⇨ 禾 + 日
Component Pinyin Meanings
禾 hé 1. grain; cereal
2. rice plant
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my
4. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop
日 rì 1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     Antonyms: 夜
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     三.月 四 日 (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     Synonyms: 號
6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:
     中日 詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary
10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain
11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1
rì 12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
mì 13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).
14. Variant of 時

草 ⇨ 艹 + 早
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
早 zǎo, zóu 1. early; in advance; soon
     我 醒 得 很 早。 - I woke up early.
     你 能 不 能 早 一點 來？ - Can you be here a little earlier?
     請問，我 今天 早 走 一會兒r 行 嗎？ - Please could I leave early today?
     Antonyms: 遲
2. long ago; for a long time
     他 早 走 了。 - He left long ago.
     這 個 變壓器 已經 燒 毀 了，早 該 拆 換 一 個 新 的 了。 - This transformer has burnt out. It should have been replaced a long time ago.
3. (early) morning
     我 今 早 沒 有 見到 他。 - I didn't see him this morning.
4. good morning
     老師 早！ - Good morning, teacher!
     Synonyms: 早安
5. before; in the past time
     現在 這麼 匆忙，你 早 幹gàn嗎má 去 了。 - So now you are in a hurry. What were you doing before?
6. (Taiwan, informal) Short for 早上; a.m.
     早 八 - 8:00 a.m.
7. (Hainanese) breakfast

早 ⇨ 日 + 十
Component Pinyin Meanings
日 rì 1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     Antonyms: 夜
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     三.月 四 日 (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     Synonyms: 號
6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:
     中日 詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary
10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain
11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1
rì 12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
mì 13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).
14. Variant of 時
十 shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect