Chinese Character Wiki
芻

chú

mow, cut grass

Pictograph of a hand picking off blades of grass.

Evolution

芻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
芻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

刍 (芻) 

chú

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

Most common words with 芻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

反刍

to ruminate

刍

hay

刍议

my humble opinion

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

蒭

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

趨 皺 鄒 雛 謅 騶 蒭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]ro

tsrhju

chú

grass for fuel or fodder


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4465th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

刍

Unicode

U+82BB

Shuowen

“芻，刈艸也。象包束艸之形。”


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