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Chinese
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grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
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(grass); Themeda forsbali
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| trad. (草菅)
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草
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菅
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| simp. #(草菅)
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草
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菅
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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草
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshawX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuʔ/
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| English
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grass, plants
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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草
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菅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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16547
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4457
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Phonetic
component
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早
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官
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Rime
group
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幽
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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草
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姦
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰuːʔ/
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/*kroːn/
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| Notes
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說文作艸
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Noun
草菅
- (literary, figurative) something small and insignificant; trifle
- (literary, figuratively) the common people; the masses; ordinary citizens
Synonyms
- (trifle): 草芥 (cǎojiè)
- (the common people):
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡人 (fánrén)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
- 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
- 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
- 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
- 常人 (chángrén)
- 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
- 平常人 (píngchángrén)
- 平民 (píngmín)
- 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
- 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 萌 (literary)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
Derived terms