狂草

kuángcǎo

noun #70,218

Measure Word

一幅狂草 fú

Meanings

1 wild cursive script
2 a work in wild cursive

Characters

wild; unrestrained

Examples

HSK 5

狂草写得很快，很多字连在一起，不容易认。

Kuángcǎo xiě de hěn kuài, hěnduō zì lián zài yìqǐ, bù róngyì rèn.

Wild cursive is written fast with many characters running together, so it is hard to read.

HSK 7-9

博物馆收藏了一幅怀素的狂草。

Bówùguǎn shōucáng le yì fú Huáisù de kuángcǎo.

The museum holds a piece of wild cursive by Huaisu.

Tips

history

The freest form of 草书, after the Han-era 章草 and the later 今草. Its masters are the Tang calligraphers 张旭 and 怀素, who were said to write best after drinking.

Stroke Order

狂 kuáng

草 cǎo