起草
Old HSK 6
起草 (qǐcǎo) · to draft
起草 (qǐcǎo) means “to draft; to draw up”. It is written with 2 characters: 起 (to get up) + 草 (grass). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 起草 is built
The characters
起 qǐ · to get up
What 起 is made of
- 走zǒu — to walk
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — up
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 己jǐ — self
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: 走 gives the meaning, 己 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
草 cǎo · grass
What 草 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 早zǎo — early
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 早 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他负责起草这份文件。Tā fùzé qǐcǎo zhè fèn wénjiàn.He's in charge of drafting this document.
请先起草一个计划给我看。Qǐng xiān qǐcǎo yí gè jìhuà gěi wǒ kàn.Please draw up a plan for me to look at first.
Questions about 起草
What does 起草 mean?
起草 (qǐcǎo) means “to draft; to draw up”.
How do you pronounce 起草?
起草 is pronounced qǐcǎo.
Which HSK level is 起草?
起草 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 起床qǐchuángto get out of bed
- 起来qǐlaito get up
- 一起yīqǐtogether
- 起飞qǐfēito take off (of a plane)
- 想起xiǎngqǐto remember
- 看起来kàn qǐlaito look like
- 看不起kànbuqǐto look down on
- 了不起liǎobuqǐamazing
- 引起yǐnqǐto cause
Learn 起草 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 142: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.