How to Write "Herb" in Chinese

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Part of the video series: How to Write Chinese Characters: "Seeking The Hermit But No Meeting"

Summary: Learn how to write "herb" in Chinese characters for the poem "Seeking the Hermit But No Meeting" with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.

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By Esther-Xiaohua Liu
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Esther-Xiaohua Liu is a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught Chinese at...read more

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"This word is yao, yao. Read yao, the forth tong. yao means medicine, but in ancient China especially for herbs. This word has two parts the top parts and the bottom parts. Actually on the bottom parts we also separate in two parts left and right. yao medicine or herbs. If we say cai yao. Remember this word we learned cai means to pick up and then cai yao. cai yao means to pick up herbs not medicine here, definitely it's to pick up herbs."