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笋
筍
sǔn
1.
bamboo shoot
Common • Top 15%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
莴笋
wōsǔn
Chinese lettuce
芦笋
lúsǔn
asparagus
石笋
shísǔn
stalagmite
竹笋
zhúsǔn
bamboo shoot
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