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荛

蕘
ráo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 firewood; brushwood for fuel
  2. 2 a woodcutter

Examples

询于刍荛，也有可取之处。
Xún yú chú ráo, yě yǒu kěqǔ zhī chù.
Even a woodcutter's opinion is worth asking for.
樵夫们上山打荛。
Qiáofū men shàngshān dǎ ráo.
The woodcutters went up the mountain to gather brushwood.

Tips

history
荛 is classical, best known from 刍荛 — 'grass-cutters and woodcutters', a humble phrase for ordinary working people whose plain views are still worth hearing.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
Top is the grass radical 艹, the side form of 草. It points to plant matter — here cut grass and brushwood gathered for fuel.
phonetic
尧 yáo
Yao the sage-king (phonetic)
Below is 尧, here purely for sound, giving the ráo reading. The same phonetic appears in 烧 (to burn) and 晓 (dawn).

Stroke Order

荛 ráo