Radical 118 or radical bamboo (竹部) meaning 'bamboo' is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. The radical character usually appears at the top of characters and transforms into 𥫗.
| 竹 | ||
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| 竹 (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 | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 953 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
竹 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
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 竹 𥫗Component |
| +2 | 竺 竻 |
| +3 | 竼 竽 竾 (=篪) 竿 笀 笁 笂 笃SC (=篤) |
| +4 | 笅 笆 笇 笈 (=籍) 笉 笊 笋SC (=筍) 笌 笍 笎 笏 笐 笑 笒 笓 笔SC (=筆) 笕SC (=筧) |
| +5 | 笖 笗 笘 笙 笚 笛 笜 笝 笞 笟 笠 笡 笢 笣 (=苞 -> 艸) 笤 (=苕 -> 艸) 笥 符 笧 (=冊 / -> 冂策) 笨 笩 笪 笫 第 笭 笮 笯 笰 笱 笲 笳 笴 笵 (=範) 笶 笷 笸 笹 笺SC (=箋) 笻 笼SC (=籠) 笽 笾SC (=籩) |
| +6 | 笄 笿 筀 筁 筂 (=篪) 筃 筄 筅 筆 筇 筈 等 筊 筋 筌 筍 筎 筏 筐 筑 (=築) 筒 筓 答 筕 策 筗 筘 筙 筚SC (=篳) 筛SC (=篩) 筜SC (=簹) 筝SC (=箏) |
| +7 | 筞 (=策) 筟 筠 筡 筢 筣 筤 筥 筦 筧 筨 筩 (=筒) 筪 筫 筬 筭 筮 筯 (=箸) 筰 筱 筲 筳 筴 筵 筶 筷 筸 筹SC (=籌) 筺 筻 筼SC (=篔) 筽 签SC (=簽/籤) 筿 (=篠) 简SC (=簡) 節 |
| +8 | 箁 箂 箃 箄 箅 箆 (=篦) 箇 (=個 -> 人) 箈 箉 箊 箋 箌 箍 箎 (=篪) 箏 箐 箑 箒 (=帚 -> 巾) 箓SC (=籙) 箔 箕 箖 算 箘 箙 箚 (=劄 -> 刀) 箛 箜 箝 箞 箟 箠 (=棰 -> 木) 管 箢 箣 箤 箥 箦SC (=簀) 箧SC (=篋) 箨SC (=籜) 箩SC (=籮) 箪SC (=簞) 箫SC (=簫) |
| +9 | 箬 箭 箮 箯 箰 箱 箲 箳 箴 箵 箶 箷 箸 (=著 -> 艸) 箹 箺 箻 箼 箽 箾 (=簫) 箿 篁 篂 篃 範 篅 篆 篇 篈 篊 篋 篌 篍 篎 篏 篐 篑SC (=簣) 篒 篓SC (=簍) |
| +10 | 築 篔 篕 篖 篗 篘 篙 篚 篛 (=箬) 篜 篝 篞 篟 篠 篡 篢 篣 篤 篥 篦 篧 篨 篩 篪 篫 篬 篭JP (=籠) 篮SC (=籃) 篯SC (=籛) 簑 (=蓑 -> 艸) 簕 |
| +11 | 篰 篱SC (=籬) 篲 篳 篴 (=笛) 篵 篶 篷 篸 篹 (=撰 -> 手 / 饌 -> 食 / 纂 -> 糸) 篺 篻 篼 篽 篾 篿 簀 簁 簂 簃 簄 簅 簆 (=筘) 簇 簈 (=箳) 簉 簊 簋 簌 簍 簎 簏 簐 簒 (=篡) 簓 簔 簖SC (=籪) 簗 |
| +12 | 簘 (=簫) 簙 簚 簛 (=簁) 簜 簝 簞 簟 簠 簡 簢 簣 簤 簥 簦 簧 簨 簩 簪 簫 簬 簭 簮 (=簪) 簯 簰 簱 簲 |
| +13 | 簳 簴 簵 簶 簷 (=檐 -> 木) 簸 簹 簺 簻 簼 簽 簾 簿 籀 籁SC (=籟) 籂 |
| +14 | 籃 籄 籅 籆 籇 籈 籉 籊 籋 籌 籍 籎 籏 籕 籖 |
| +15 | 籐 籑 (=饌 -> 食 / 撰 -> 手) 籒 籓 籔 |
| +16 | 籗 籘 (=籐) 籙 籚 籛 籜 籝 (=籯) 籞 籟 籠 籡 |
| +17 | 籢 籣 籤 籥 籦 籧 籨 (=奩 -> 大) |
| +18 | 籪 |
| +19 | 籩 籫 籬 籭 (=簁) 籮 |
| +20 | 籯 籰 |
| +24 | 籱 |
| +26 | 籲 |
Sinogram
editAs 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
Look up 竹 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
edit- ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Further reading
edit- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links
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