竹

  • bamboo;

Etymology

The character is a pictogram based on the appearance of bamboo. It is often cited as an example of the evolution of pictographs.

Characters with 竹

  • 箇 — individual, piece, item;
  • 笑 — smile, laugh;
  • 築 — to build, to pile up;
  • 答 — to answer, to reply, response, solution;
  • 範 — pattern, law, norm, model, standard;
  • 節 — joint, node, section, festival, to economize, to be temperate;
  • 等 — group, class, rank, order, equal, etc., and so on;
竹
대나무
죽
daenamu
juk
Kangxi radical:118
Strokes:6
Unicode:U+7AF9
Cangjie input:
  • 竹 (H)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 亇 亇
Writing order
竹 Writing order
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Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References