竹 (zuk1 | zhu2) : bamboo

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竹

zuk1

zhu2

[1] [n] bamboo [2] slips of bamboo for writing [3] a Chinese family name [4] Kangxi radical 118

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 竹 (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

竹

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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山竹 saan1 zuk1 shan1 zhu2 = mangosteen

竹馬 zuk1 maa5 zhu2 ma3 = a bamboo stick used as a toy horse

竹筍 zuk1 seon2 = bamboo shoot

竹蔗 zuk1 ze3 = bamboo cane

鮮竹捲 sin1 zuk1 gyun2 xian1 zhu2 juan3 = tofu skin rolls

竹子 zuk1 zi2 zhu2 zi5 = bamboo

爆竹 baau3 zuk1 bao4 zhu2 = firecrackers

山竹果 saan1 zuk1 gwo2 = mangosteen; manggis

竹笙 zuk1 saang1 = netted stinkhorn

腐竹 fu6 zuk1 = soybean stick 粵
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 61 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 竹

呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 竹
Unicode code for this character: U+7AF9 (off-site link)

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