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艸

简草 · 繁艸

Mandarin · pinyin cǎo

variant of 草 cǎo

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草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs

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3 · cao3

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cou2 · mong5

Cantonese word readings for 艸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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