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.

• 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