Ancient carved pictogram that became 艹

THE RADICAL SHED

The grass radical

Radical · plants, vegetables, tea

艹

Two blades of grass on top. Teas, vegetables, medicine, flowers.

14 of the 90 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

菜B1
菜càivegetable; dish菜单càidānmenu蔬菜shūcàivegetables菜肴càiyáodish; cooked food
茶B1
茶chátea红茶hóngcháblack tea绿茶lǜchágreen tea奶茶nǎichámilk tea
苹B1
苹果píngguǒapple
花B2
花huāto spend money or time花huāflower花园huāyuángarden开花kāihuāto bloom; to blossom
药B2
药yàomedicine; drug药店yàodiànpharmacy; drugstore药品yàopǐnmedicine; drugs药物yàowùmedicine; medication
节B3
过节guòjiéto celebrate a festival季节jìjiéseason节jiémeasure word for lessons and segments; fes节目jiémùprogram; show
草B3
草cǎograss草地cǎodìlawn; meadow草原cǎoyuángrassland草案cǎo’àndraft
蓝B3
蓝lánblue蓝图lántúblueprint蔚蓝wèilánazure
蕉B3
香蕉xiāngjiāobanana
落B4
降落jiàngluòto land; to descend落luòto fall; to drop; to set角落jiǎoluòcorner落làto leave out
苦B4
苦kǔbitter; suffering辛苦xīnkǔhard; exhausting艰苦jiānkǔdifficult酸甜苦辣suān-tián-kǔ-làsour, sweet, bitter and spicy; joys and so
艺B4
艺术yìshùart工艺gōngyìarts and crafts多才多艺duōcái-duōyìmultitalented技艺jìyìskill
获B4
获得huòdéto obtain; to gain获奖huòjiǎngto win a prize获取huòqǔto acquire; to obtain收获shōuhuòharvest
著B4
著名zhùmíngfamous显著xiǎnzhùnotable; remarkable; outstanding著作zhùzuòliterary work; book名著míngzhùmasterpiece
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