Chinese Character Wiki
刍

chú

mow, cut grass

Simplified form of 芻. Pictograph of a hand picking off blades of grass.

Evolution

刍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
刍 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
刍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刍 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
刍 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
刍 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

刍 (芻) 

chú

mow, cut grass; hay, fodder; to mow or cut grass; hay; straw; fodder

Most common words with 刍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

反刍

to ruminate

刍

hay

刍议

my humble opinion

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

趋 皱 邹 雏 绉 诌 驺

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4465th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

芻

Unicode

U+520D


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