刍, a compound ideograph of a hand holding a bunch of hay/grass, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the phonetic component 刍 have the same or similar pronunciation as 刍.
In modern Chinese, 刍 means: mow, cut grass, hay, fodder
See also the component 彗
Characters formed by the phonetic component 刍
皱 绉 㑇 㤘 zhòu
驺 邹 zōu
诌 雏 煞 趋 zhōu chú shā qū