草
Meaning
- grass
- straw
- manuscript
Measure word
棵 kē or 撮 zuǒ or 株 zhū or 根 gēn
Example sentence
墙头草，两面倒。
Weeds on a wall fall on both sides.
The character 草
草 is 艹, the grass radical, over 早 for the sound, and that same 艹 caps 花, 菜 and 茶. Grass and straw — 草地 a lawn — and in writing it means rough or unfinished.