Radical 118

竹
Radical 118 (U+2F75)
竹 (U+7AF9) "bamboo"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	zhú
Bopomofo:	ㄓㄨˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	jwu
Wade–Giles:	chu2
Cantonese Yale:	juk1
Jyutping:	zuk1
Japanese Kana:	チク chiku (on'yomi) たけ take (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	죽 juk
Names
Chinese name(s):	竹字頭/竹字头 zhúzìtóu
Japanese name(s):	竹/たけ take 竹冠/たけかんむり takekanmuri
Hangul:	대 dae
Stroke order animation

Radical 118 or radical bamboo (竹部) meaning "bamboo" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. The radical character usually appears at the top of characters and transforms into 𥫗.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, 953 characters (out of 49,030) are found under this radical.

竹 is also the 135th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 𥫗 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

• 
  Shang dynasty Oracle bone script
• 
  Shang dynasty Bronze script
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  Western Zhou Bronze script
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  Warring States period bronze script
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  Chu slip and silk script
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  Qin slip script
• 
  Large seal script character
• 
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	竹 𥫗Component
+2	竺 竻
+3	竼 竽 竾 (=篪) 竿 笀 笁 笂 笃SC (=篤)
+4	笅 笆 笇 笈 (=籍) 笉 笊 笋SC (=筍) 笌 笍 笎 笏 笐 笑 笒 笓 笔SC (=筆) 笕SC (=筧)
+5	笖 笗 笘 笙 笚 笛 笜 笝 笞 笟 笠 笡 笢 笣 (=苞 -> 艸) 笤 (=苕 -> 艸) 笥 符 笧 (=冊 / -> 冂策) 笨 笩 笪 笫 第 笭 笮 笯 笰 笱 笲 笳 笴 笵 (=範) 笶 笷 笸 笹 笺SC (=箋) 笻 笼SC (=籠) 笽 笾SC (=籩)
+6	笄 笿 筀 筁 筂 (=篪) 筃 筄 筅 筆 筇 筈 等 筊 筋 筌 筍 筎 筏 筐 筑 (=築) 筒 筓 答 筕 策 筗 筘 筙 筚SC (=篳) 筛SC (=篩) 筜SC (=簹) 筝SC (=箏)
+7	筞 (=策) 筟 筠 筡 筢 筣 筤 筥 筦 筧 筨 筩 (=筒) 筪 筫 筬 筭 筮 筯 (=箸) 筰 筱 筲 筳 筴 筵 筶 筷 筸 筹SC (=籌) 筺 筻 筼SC (=篔) 筽 签SC (=簽/籤) 筿 (=篠) 简SC (=簡) 節
+8	箁 箂 箃 箄 箅 箆 (=篦) 箇 (=個 -> 人) 箈 箉 箊 箋 箌 箍 箎 (=篪) 箏 箐 箑 箒 (=帚 -> 巾) 箓SC (=籙) 箔 箕 箖 算 箘 箙 箚 (=劄 -> 刀) 箛 箜 箝 箞 箟 箠 (=棰 -> 木) 管 箢 箣 箤 箥 箦SC (=簀) 箧SC (=篋) 箨SC (=籜) 箩SC (=籮) 箪SC (=簞) 箫SC (=簫)
+9	箬 箭 箮 箯 箰 箱 箲 箳 箴 箵 箶 箷 箸 (=著 -> 艸) 箹 箺 箻 箼 箽 箾 (=簫) 箿 篁 篂 篃 範 篅 篆 篇 篈 篊 篋 篌 篍 篎 篏 篐 篑SC (=簣) 篒 篓SC (=簍)
+10	築 篔 篕 篖 篗 篘 篙 篚 篛 (=箬) 篜 篝 篞 篟 篠 篡 篢 篣 篤 篥 篦 篧 篨 篩 篪 篫 篬 篭JP (=籠) 篮SC (=籃) 篯SC (=籛) 簑 (=蓑 -> 艸) 簕
+11	篰 篱SC (=籬) 篲 篳 篴 (=笛) 篵 篶 篷 篸 篹 (=撰 -> 手 / 饌 -> 食 / 纂 -> 糸) 篺 篻 篼 篽 篾 篿 簀 簁 簂 簃 簄 簅 簆 (=筘) 簇 簈 (=箳) 簉 簊 簋 簌 簍 簎 簏 簐 簒 (=篡) 簓 簔 簖SC (=籪) 簗
+12	簘 (=簫) 簙 簚 簛 (=簁) 簜 簝 簞 簟 簠 簡 簢 簣 簤 簥 簦 簧 簨 簩 簪 簫 簬 簭 簮 (=簪) 簯 簰 簱 簲
+13	簳 簴 簵 簶 簷 (=檐 -> 木) 簸 簹 簺 簻 簼 簽 簾 簿 籀 籁SC (=籟) 籂
+14	籃 籄 籅 籆 籇 籈 籉 籊 籋 籌 籍 籎 籏 籕 籖
+15	籐 籑 (=饌 -> 食 / 撰 -> 手) 籒 籓 籔
+16	籗 籘 (=籐) 籙 籚 籛 籜 籝 (=籯) 籞 籟 籠 籡
+17	籢 籣 籤 籥 籦 籧 籨 (=奩 -> 大)
+18	籪
+19	籩 籫 籬 籭 (=簁) 籮
+20	籯 籰
+24	籱
+26	籲

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 竹 is a Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It means bamboo or the middle of a 3-tier ranking system.

Further reading

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+7AF9