Meaning
bamboo
Chinese: 竹子。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhu” becomes a different word in each tone. 竹 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 竹子zhú zibamboo
- 爆竹bào zhúfirecracker
- 竹竿zhú gānbamboo pole
- 胸有成竹xiōng yǒu chéng zhú(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
- 文竹wén zhúsetose asparagus
Example Sentence
熊猫最爱吃新鲜的竹子。Xióng māo zuì ài chī xīn xiān de zhú zi.Pandas love to eat fresh bamboo.
熊猫Xióng māopanda最zuìmost爱àito love吃chīto eat新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food et的deof竹子zhú zibamboo。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of two bamboo stalks with drooping leaves. It means ‘bamboo’; flattened on top of other characters it becomes the radical ⺮, as in 笔, 笑, 答.
A way to remember it
Two stalks, each with a leaf hanging down — bamboo.
Easy to confuse with
- 竺‘(a surname / India)’: the bamboo radical ⺮ on top of 二.