竹 子 zhú zi bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] 竹 竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹 bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 篜 bamboo 斑 竹 bān zhú mottled bamboo 竹 林 zhú lín bamboo forest 竹 筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 板 子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment 笛 子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] 紫 竹 zǐ zhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) 篱 笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) 竹 笋 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot 回 笼 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation 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 竹 木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 斗 笠 dǒu lì conical bamboo hat 糖 葫 芦 táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu 竹 简 zhú jiǎn bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together to form whole scrolls) 竹 节 zhú jié bamboo joint 毛 竹 máo zhú moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc 管 仲 guǎn zhòng a restricted view through a bamboo tube 冬 笋 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) 竿 子 gān zi bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] 竹 签 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling 竹 马 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse 胡 琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 八 音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 簸 箕 bò jī wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan 茭 白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot 春 笋 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate 竹 排 zhú pái bamboo raft 铁 幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 管 窥 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view 罄 竹 难 书 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] 竹 板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 富 贵 竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) 竹 器 zhú qì utensil made of bamboo 汉 简 Hàn jiǎn bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty 笼 屉 lóng tì bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum) 畚 箕 běn jī a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan 简 simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old) 笊 篱 zhào li strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire) 竹 帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) 篇 sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article 签 inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag 笼 enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery 蒸 to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) 栈 a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack 笠 bamboo rain hat 笋 bamboo shoot 匾 horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket 笆 an article made of bamboo strips / fence 筵 bamboo mat for sitting 汕 bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 笙 sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes 筱 dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo 篝 bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 簦 large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat 箔 plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper 筠 skin of bamboo 笞 to whip with bamboo strips 笥 square bamboo container for food or clothing 笕 bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篾 bamboo splints for baskets 笫 bamboo mat / bed mat 槎 a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew 笪 rough bamboo mat 笊 loosely woven bamboo ladle 篪 bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes 扦 short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 篁 (bamboo) / bamboo grove 筇 (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff 殳 bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc 筌 bamboo fish trap 箨 sheath around joints of bamboo 篠 dwarf bamboo 箬 (bamboo) / skin of bamboo 簋 ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo 箐 to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow 桄 woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 枧 bamboo conduit / wooden peg / spout / same as 筧|笕 筅 bamboo brush for utensils 筢 bamboo rake 簰 bamboo raft 笭 bamboo screen 苠 multitude / skin of bamboo 筊 bamboo rope 箯 bamboo sedan chair 箘 bamboo shoots 莚 bamboo mat / feast, banquet 楗 material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt) 篼 bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 篃 a kind of bamboo 冰 糖 葫 芦 bīng táng hú lu sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu 篨 crude bamboo mat 蓧 bamboo basket 筥 round bamboo basket 篟 luxuriant growth of bamboo 笎 bamboo with black patches 篛 cuticle of bamboo plant
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