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.

• 答dá🔊

  to answer

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 筒tǒng🔊

  tube

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 筋jīn🔊

  muscle

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 筐kuāng🔊

  basket

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 策cè🔊

  variant of 策[ce4]

  12 strokes

• 筳tíng🔊

  bamboo pole

  12 strokes

• 䇲cè🔊

  variant of 筴|策[ce4]

  12 strokes

• 筀guì🔊

  bamboo (archaic)

  12 strokes

• 筃yīn🔊

  a kind of bamboo

  12 strokes

• 筅xiǎn🔊

  bamboo brush for utensils

  12 strokes

• 筈guā🔊

  arrow end

  12 strokes

• 筊jiǎo🔊

  bamboo rope

  12 strokes

• 筌quán🔊

  bamboo fish trap

  12 strokes

• 筎rú🔊

  thin outside skin of bamboo

  12 strokes

• 筏fá🔊

  variant of 筏[fa2]

  12 strokes

• 筑zhù🔊

  five-string lute

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 筕háng🔊

  see 筕篖[hang2 tang2]

  12 strokes

• 筘kòu🔊

  (a measure of width of cloth)

  12 strokes

• 筚bì🔊

  wicker

  12 strokes

• 筛shāi🔊

  (bound form) a sieve

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 筜dāng🔊

  used in 篔簹|筼筜[yun2 dang1]

  12 strokes

• 筝zhēng🔊

  see 古箏|古筝[gu3 zheng1]

  12 strokes

• 筥jǔ🔊

  round bamboo basket

  12 strokes

• 筵yán🔊

  bamboo mat for sitting

  12 strokes

• 签qiān🔊

  to sign one's name

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 简jiǎn🔊

  simple

  13 strokes

• 节jié🔊

  joint; node

  HSK 2

  13 strokes

• 筹chóu🔊

  chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 筠yún🔊

  skin of bamboo

  13 strokes

• 筢pá🔊

  bamboo rake

  13 strokes

• 筤láng🔊

  young bamboo

  13 strokes

• 筦Guǎn🔊

  surname Guan

  13 strokes

• 筭suàn🔊

  to regard as

  13 strokes

• 筮shì🔊

  divine by stalk

  13 strokes

• 筰zuó🔊

  cable

  13 strokes

• 筱xiǎo🔊

  dwarf bamboo

  13 strokes

• 筲shāo🔊

  pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips

  13 strokes

• 筷kuài🔊

  chopstick

  13 strokes

• 筸gān🔊

  used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4 gan1]

  13 strokes

• 筼yún🔊

  used in 篔簹|筼筜[yun2 dang1]

  13 strokes

• 𬕂gōng🔊

  bamboo hat

  13 strokes

• 算suàn🔊

  to calculate; to figure out

  HSK 2

  14 strokes

• 管guǎn🔊

  variant of 管[guan3]

  HSK 3

  14 strokes

• 箍gū🔊

  hoop

  14 strokes

• 箅bì🔊

  (bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food

  14 strokes

• 箊yū🔊

  bamboo with thin

  14 strokes

• 箎chí🔊

  bamboo flute with 8 holes

  14 strokes

• 箐qìng🔊

  to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow

  14 strokes