zhú
bamboo
Pictograph of bamboo stalks.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 竹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
bamboo | ||
bamboo | ||
firecracker | ||
childhood sweethearts | ||
to plan in advance (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*truk | trjuwk | zhú | bamboo |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 3.6521% of movies
2550th most common character in movies
1588th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+7AF9 |
Shuowen | “竹，冬生艸也。象形。下垂者，箁箬也。” |
Sources
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