竹bamboo
bamboo. 6 strokes. 19 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning bambooStrokes 6Characters 19Also written ⺮
How to write 竹
The shapes it is written in
⺮ in 18 characters, 竹 in 1 character. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.
What it tells you about a character
Of the 19 characters below, 11 are pictophonetic with 竹 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 19 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 竹 family
HSK 2 · 8
HSK 3 · 3
HSK 4 · 2
HSK 5 · 4
HSK 6 · 2
Words they appear in
| 笔 | pen, writing implement 用来写字画画的工具 |
| 笔记 | notes, written record 把重要的内容写下来 |
| 笔记本 | notebook 用来写下重要内容的本子 |
| 打算 | to plan, to intend 心里想好要怎么做 |
| 答应 | to promise, to agree 同意别人的请求或要求 |
| 等到 | to wait until 一直等，直到某个时间点才行动 |
| 等于 | to equal, to be equivalent to 两边的数值完全相同 |
| 计算机 | computer, electronic processor 能自动处理数据的电子设备 |
| 筷子 | chopsticks 吃饭时用来夹菜的两根细棍 |
| 篮球 | basketball 在球场上用手拍打、投进篮筐的球类运动 |
| 篇 | measure word for essays/articles 用来计量文章、散文的量词 |
| 平等 | equal 对待每个人都一样，没有高低之分 |
| 算 | to calculate 指用数学方法求出结果 |
| 笑话 | joke 指引人发笑的有趣话语 |