草 is also the simplified spelling of 艸.
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草
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- 草
- cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
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3 · cao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cou2
Cantonese word readings for 草. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb
- Used in names of some woody plants.
- straw
- (Cantonese, slang) marijuana; cannabis; weed
- (dated) countryside; wilderness
- common; ordinary
- (dialectal, chiefly of livestock or poultry) female (variant: 騲)
- careless; rough; sloppy
- (calligraphy) short for 草書／草书 (cǎoshū, “cursive script (grass script)”)
- draft; sketch
- (chemistry) oxalic
character · Etymology 3
- (slang, euphemistic, Internet slang) alternative form of 肏 (“fuck”)
character · Etymology 4
- (neologism, Internet slang) LOL
- (neologism, Internet slang) hilarious
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