Radical 艹
9 strokes
grass 艹 (218a) + early 早 (633) = straw 草

If you cut the grass early in the morning it will make the best straw. / Teddy decides to watch, declaring, “I’m too stout to help with cutting grass.”
[草地 (54) cǎodì lawn]
[草原 (536) cǎoyuán steppe, pasture]