Amazing Chinese Characters (772) Grass (ancient) - 屮

The shell bone script of character Grass (ancient) is

A newly grown grass. 

The bronze script of character Grass (ancient) is 

Similar to shell bone script.

The big seal script of character Grass (ancient) is

Similar to older scripts, but the curve is very smooth and symmetrical.

The small seal script of character Grass (ancient) is

Very similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Grass (ancient) is

Similar to older scripts, but all lines become straight lines.

The Pinyin of the character is Che4.

The character was replaced by character 草 long time ago, it has not been used as grass alone but it is used in compound characters as a radical part. For example, the big seal script of 草字头 - Radical Grass is

Two 屮 together.