竹

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/竹

Glyph origin
– two bamboo stalks, with leaves. Earlier forms resembled 个 + 个, current form resembles rather ケ + ケ.

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  bamboo
 * 2)  musical instrument made of bamboo
 * : Zhu
 * : Zhu

Kanji

 * 1) bamboo

Compounds

 * : An arrangement of pine, bamboo , and plum blossom
 * henon bamboo, a form of (black bamboo)
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo
 * : An arrangement of pine, bamboo , and plum blossom
 * henon bamboo, a form of (black bamboo)
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo
 * henon bamboo, a form of (black bamboo)
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo
 * moso bamboo,
 * : lush green bamboo

Etymology
From, from.

Theories on derivation include:
 * From or, in reference to the speed at which bamboo grows.
 * Cognate with, , "height".
 * From or.
 * From ta meaning "tall" + ke, ancient form of.
 * A contraction of, referring to the speed at which bamboo grows.
 * Ta is from 🇨🇬 (see also ), while ke is an ancient form of.

Noun

 * 1) bamboo
 * 2) the middle of a 3-tier ranking system
 * 1) the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

Derived terms

 * : a bamboo dragonfly/; a toy
 * : a bamboo dragonfly/; a toy
 * : a bamboo dragonfly/; a toy
 * : a bamboo dragonfly/; a toy
 * : a bamboo dragonfly/; a toy

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1)  bamboo
 * 2) any bamboo species of phyllostachys