ts'ao

"The Chinese have a saying: 'Chan ts'ao, chu ken'" when pulling weeds make sure you get rid of the roots.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

"I wonder whether it's the character, 'hua,' (flower) in the combination, 'hua ts'ao, (vegetation)."

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

Next to these, came the inmates with the radical 'ts'ao,' 'grass,' headed by Chia Jung.

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

Similarly, 艹 _ts'ao_ "vegetation" will hint at some plant; _e. g.

China and the Chinese Herbert Allen Giles 1890

"The Chinese have a saying: 'Chan ts'ao, chu ken' — when pulling weeds make sure you get rid of the roots.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981