"笋" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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笋
Trad. 筍
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 竹
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 竹尹
Prononciation
Mandarin sǔn
Entry Methods
Pinyin sun3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 HSK
竹尸乂
Sijiao 8850.0
Wubi TVTR
CNS 11643 3-332B
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7B0B
GB2312 CBF1
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笋 sǔn bamboo shoot
Approximate Results for 笋
竹笋 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot
芦笋 lú sǔn asparagus
石笋 shí sǔn stalagmite
冬笋 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
莴笋 wō sǔn Chinese lettuce / celtuce / asparagus lettuce / celery lettuce / stem lettuce
春笋 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
黎笋 lí sǔn Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician
茭白笋 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
玉米笋 yù mǐ sǔn baby corn
雨后春笋 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
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