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.

• 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

• 笔bǐ🔊

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

  HSK 2

  12 strokes

• 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

• 笋sǔn🔊

  variant of 筍|笋[sun3]

  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