Radical 118

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(U+7AF9) "bamboo"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zhú
Bopomofo:ㄓㄨˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:jwu
Wade–Giles:chu2
Cantonese Yale:juk1
Jyutping:zuk1
Japanese Kana:チク chiku (on'yomi)
たけ take (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:죽 juk
Names
Chinese name(s):竹字頭/竹字头 zhúzìtóu
Japanese name(s):竹/たけ take
竹冠/たけかんむり takekanmuri
Hangul:대 dae
Stroke order animation

Radical 118 or radical bamboo (竹部) meaning "

strokes. The radical character usually appears at the top of characters and transforms into 𥫗
.

In the

radical
.

is also the 135th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 𥫗 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 𥫗Component
+2
+3 (=篪) 竿 SC (=篤)
+4 (=籍) SC (=筍) SC (=筆) SC (=筧)
+5 (= -> ) (= -> ) (= / -> 策) (=範) SC (=箋) SC (=籠) SC (=籩)
+6 笿 (=篪) (=築) SC (=篳) SC (=篩) SC (=簹) SC (=箏)
+7 (=策) (=筒) (=箸) SC (=籌) SC (=篔) SC (=簽/籤) 筿 (=篠) SC (=簡)
+8 (=篦) (= -> ) (=篪) (= -> ) SC (=籙) (= -> ) (= -> ) SC (=簀) SC (=篋) SC (=籜) SC (=籮) SC (=簞) SC (=簫)
+9 (= -> ) (=簫) 箿 SC (=簣) SC (=簍)
+10 (=箬) JP (=籠) SC (=籃) SC (=籛) (= -> )
+11 SC (=籬) (=笛) (= -> / -> / -> ) 篿 (=筘) (=箳) (=篡) SC (=籪)
+12 (=簫) (=簁) (=簪)
+13 (= -> ) 簿 SC (=籟)
+14
+15 (= -> / -> )
+16 (=籐) (=籯)
+17 (= -> )
+18
+19 (=簁)
+20
+24
+26

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 竹 is a

Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1]
It means bamboo or the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

References

  1. ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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