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.

• 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

• 笕jiǎn🔊

  bamboo conduit

  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

• 箑shà🔊

  fan

  14 strokes

• 箓lù🔊

  record book; archive

  14 strokes

• 箔bó🔊

  plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc)

  14 strokes

• 箕jī🔊

  winnow basket

  14 strokes

• 箘jùn🔊

  bamboo shoots

  14 strokes

• 箙fú🔊

  quiver

  14 strokes

• 箛gū🔊

  (bamboo)

  14 strokes

• 箜kōng🔊

  used in 箜篌[kong1 hou2]

  14 strokes

• 箝qián🔊

  pliers

  14 strokes

• 箢yuān🔊

  used in 箢箕[yuan1 ji1] and 箢篼[yuan1 dou1]

  14 strokes

• 箦zé🔊

  reed mat

  14 strokes

• 箧qiè🔊

  chest

  14 strokes

• 箨tuò🔊

  sheath around joints of bamboo

  14 strokes

• 箩luó🔊

  basket

  14 strokes

• 箪dān🔊

  round basket for cooked rice

  14 strokes

• 箫xiāo🔊

  xiao, a vertical bamboo flute

  14 strokes

• 箬ruò🔊

  (bamboo)

  14 strokes

• 箸zhù🔊

  variant of 箸[zhu4]

  14 strokes

• 范fàn🔊

  pattern

  15 strokes