竹 — Chinese character
竹
zhú
bamboo; flute
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 6
- Formation
- pictographic — Two stalks of bamboo
- Japanese
- 竹 as a kanji
Common words with 竹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竹子 | zhú zi | bamboo; measure word: 棵 (kē), 根 (gēn) |
| 竹林 | zhú lín | bamboo forest |
| 竹竿 | zhú gān | bamboo pole |
| 青梅竹马 (青梅竹馬) | qīng méi zhú mǎ | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games |
| 爆竹 | bào zhú | firecracker |
| 竹笋 (竹筍) | zhú sǔn | bamboo shoot |
| 夹竹桃 (夾竹桃) | jiā zhú táo | oleander (Nerium oleander) |
| 竹篮 (竹籃) | zhú lán | wicker basket |
| 竹木 | zhú mù | bamboo and wood |
| 山竹 | shān zhú | mangosteen |
| 竹简 (竹簡) | zhú jiǎn | bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times) |
| 胸有成竹 | xiōng yǒu chéng zhú | (idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind |
English words written with 竹
竹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5 · Great Learning 1
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- The Great Learning Passage 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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