Grass Radicals Represent the Rare Beauty of Taiwan! _ Explore with Mandarin Radicals

The Mandarin character for grass is both a radical and standalone character. The original pictograph depicts the appearance of grass sprouting from the ground, but the modern radical is a simplified version that’s typically placed on the top of other characters. You’ll notice that lots of words for vegetables contain the grass radical like green onion (cōng), garlic (suàn), and asparagus (lú sǔn). Your local fruit stand also has plenty of apples (píng guǒ), strawberries (cǎo méi), blueberries (lán méi), grapes (pú táo), and guava (bā lè).

Hebe and Becca are exploring the unique flora of Taiwan like green algae (zǎo) at Laomei Green Reef, fresh tea (chá) from Bagua Tea Garden, and Master He’s award winning orchid flowers (lán huā).

How many grass radicals did you find on our trip today? Let us know in the comments below!

Chapters:
00:00 Opening Credits
01:17 The Grass Radical (cǎo)
01:45 Good Morning (zǎo)
02:03 Flowers (huā)
02:08 Leaves (yè)
02:53 Vegetable Shopping
03:09 Green Onion (cōng)
03:15 Garlic (suàn)
03:21 Asparagus (lú sǔn)
03:29 Fruit Shopping
03:33 Apple (píng guǒ)
03:35 Strawberries (cǎo méi)
03:46 Blueberries (lán méi)
03:54 Grapes (pú táo)
04:16 Salad Time
04:32 Guava (bā lè)
04:46 Laomei Green Reef
05:49 Green Algae (zǎo)
06:28 Bagua Tea Garden
06:47 Tea (chá)
07:15 Taiwanese Tea Culture
07:48 Taiwanese Tea Expert (chá yì shī)
08:33 Orchids (lán huā)
09:53 Orchid Master He
11:00 Review Time: The Grass Radical
12:39 Closing Credits