bamboo

Origin & mnemonic

The bamboo radical originates from a pictograph of the bamboo plant in oracle-bone script, with vertical strokes representing the stalk and diverging marks at the top depicting spreading leaves.

Mnemonic: The bamboo glyph looks like an upright bamboo stalk with splayed leaves fanning out at the crown.

• 竹zhú🔊

  (bound form) bamboo

  6 strokes

• 竺Zhú🔊

  surname Zhu

  8 strokes

• 竽yú🔊

  free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China

  9 strokes

• 竾chí🔊

  variant of 篪[chi2]

  9 strokes

• 竿gān🔊

  pole

  9 strokes

• 笀máng🔊

  old variant of 芒[mang2]

  9 strokes

• 笃dǔ🔊

  (bound form) sincere; genuine

  9 strokes

• 笈jí🔊

  trunks (for books)

  9 strokes

• 𥫣yú🔊

  round basket used for feeding the cattle

  9 strokes

• 笑xiào🔊

  old variant of 笑[xiao4]

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 笔bǐ🔊

  writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1])

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 笆bā🔊

  an article made of bamboo strips

  10 strokes

• 笄jī🔊

  15 years old

  10 strokes

• 笉qǐn🔊

  smiling countenance

  10 strokes

• 笊zhào🔊

  loosely woven bamboo ladle

  10 strokes

• 笋sǔn🔊

  variant of 筍|笋[sun3]

  10 strokes

• 笎yuán🔊

  bamboo with black patches

  10 strokes

• 笏hù🔊

  (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)

  10 strokes

• 笐gāng🔊

  bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates

  10 strokes

• 笓pí🔊

  to comb

  10 strokes

• 笕jiǎn🔊

  bamboo conduit

  10 strokes

• 笫zǐ🔊

  bamboo mat

  10 strokes

• 第dì🔊

  (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 笵fàn🔊

  bamboo mold

  11 strokes

• 笨bèn🔊

  stupid

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 笲fán🔊

  osier basket of brides

  11 strokes

• 符fú🔊

  mark

  11 strokes

• 笼lóng🔊

  enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket

  11 strokes

• 笛dí🔊

  flute

  11 strokes

• 笱gǒu🔊

  basket for trapping fish

  11 strokes

• 笭líng🔊

  bamboo screen

  11 strokes

• 笙shēng🔊

  sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

  11 strokes

• 笞chī🔊

  to whip with bamboo strips

  11 strokes

• 笠lì🔊

  bamboo rain hat

  11 strokes

• 笤tiáo🔊

  broom

  11 strokes

• 笥sì🔊

  square bamboo container for food or clothing

  11 strokes

• 笪dá🔊

  rough bamboo mat

  11 strokes

• 笮zé🔊

  board under tiles on roof

  11 strokes

• 笯nú🔊

  (literary) birdcage

  11 strokes

• 笰fú🔊

  duster

  11 strokes

• 笳jiā🔊

  whistle made of reed

  11 strokes

• 笸pǒ🔊

  flat basket-tray

  11 strokes

• 笺jiān🔊

  variant of 箋|笺[jian1]

  11 strokes

• 笻qióng🔊

  variant of 筇[qiong2]

  11 strokes

• 笾biān🔊

  bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets

  11 strokes

• 筇qióng🔊

  (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

  11 strokes

• 𥬠chōu🔊

  basket for straining

  11 strokes

• 等děng🔊

  to wait for; to await

  HSK 1

  12 strokes