Keyword
bamboo
- flute
- Frequency
- #1960
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
zhú
Mnemonic
Two stalks of bamboo
Stroke order
Used in vocabulary
竹
(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
新竹
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
竹子
bamboo
竹林
bamboo forest
竹竿
bamboo pole
青梅竹马
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
新竹市
Hsinchu, city in north Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
爆竹
firecracker
竹内
Takeuchi (Japanese surname)
竹园
Chuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
竹笋
bamboo shoot
夹竹桃
oleander (Nerium oleander)
竹岛
Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 独岛 (Dúdǎo)), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
竹北
Zhubei, a city in Hsinchu County 新竹县 (XīnzhúXiàn), northwest Taiwan
竹篮
wicker basket
竹木
bamboo and wood
山竹
mangosteen
竹简
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
胸有成竹
(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
竹山县
Zhushan, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市 (ShíyànShì), Hubei
竹筒
bamboo tube; bamboo pipe
竹溪县
Zhuxi, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市 (ShíyànShì), Hubei
竹篙
bamboo pole (used to punt a boat)
毛竹
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc