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笋
筍
sǔn
1. bamboo shoot
Common • Top 15%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

笋
sǔn
bamboo shoots
10 丶

Compound Words (8)

冬笋
dōngsǔn
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
春笋
chūnsǔn
springtime bamboo shoots
石笋
shísǔn
stalagmite
竹笋
zhúsǔn
bamboo shoot
莴笋
wōsǔn
Chinese lettuce
芦笋
lúsǔn
asparagus
玉米笋
yùmǐsǔn
baby corn
雨后春笋
yǔhòuchūnsǔn
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,454
Word Frequency Rank
12,305 of 84,292