Keyword
bamboo shoot
- bamboo shoots
- Frequency
- #3404
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
sǔn
Mnemonic
⺮ (bamboo) gives the meaning and 尹 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
雨后春笋
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
笋
bamboo shoot
芦笋
asparagus; edible young shoots of reeds
竹笋
bamboo shoot
石笋
stalagmite
春笋
springtime bamboo shoots; fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
莴笋
celtuce; stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina), aka Chinese lettuce
冬笋
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
笋子
bamboo shoot
笋尖
bamboo shoot tip