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竹
zhú
1. bamboo
2. CL:[[棵<kē>]], [[支<zhī>]], [[根<gēn>]]
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

竹
zhú
bamboo; flute
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

南竹
nánzhú
see [[毛竹<máozhú>]]
大竹
Dàzhú
Dazhu county in Dazhou [[達州|达州<Dázhōu>]], Sichuan
山竹
shānzhú
mangosteen
文竹
wénzhú
setose asparagus
斑竹
bānzhú
mottled bamboo
新竹
Xīnzhú
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries
楠竹
nánzhú
see [[毛竹<máozhú>]]
毛竹
máozhú
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
爆竹
bàozhú
firecracker
玉竹
yùzhú
angular Solomon's seal
班竹
Bānzhú
Banjul, capital of Gambia (Tw)
石竹
shízhú
China pink
空竹
kōngzhú
Chinese yo-yo
竹刀
zhúdāo
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
竹北
Zhúběi
Zhubei or Chupei city in Hsinchu County [[新竹縣|新竹县<XīnzhúXiàn>]], northwest Taiwan
竹南
Zhúnán
Zhunan or Chunan town in Miaoli county [[苗栗縣|苗栗县<Miáolìxiàn>]], northwest Taiwan
竹器
zhúqì
utensil made of bamboo
竹园
ZhúYuán
Chuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
竹塘
Zhútáng
Chutang or Zhutang township in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
竹子
zhúzi
bamboo
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,587
Word Frequency Rank
5,787 of 84,292
Radical Number
118

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