1. 竹
  2. 笋

竹

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  1. 竹 is the 1586th most frequent character.
  2. 竹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 竹 appears as a character in 47 words.
  4. 竹 appears as a component in 237 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
竹 => No glyph available, 亅
Radical :
竹 => 竹 (bamboo)
Graphical :
竹 => 𠂉, 丨, 亅

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu2 - bamboo/CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 竹 (zhu2): The component 竹 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

爆竹 

Medium Frequency

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
竹 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
胸有成竹 
腐竹 

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竹 also appears in:
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笋

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Meta:

  1. 笋 is the 3449th most frequent character.
  2. 笋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 笋 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 笋 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
笋 => ⺮, 尹
Radical :
笋 => ⺮ (bamboo), ⺕ (pig snout), 丨 (line)
Graphical :
笋 => ⺮, 匚, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. sun3 - bamboo shoot

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 笋 (sun3): The component 丨 is pronounced as 'gun3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

莴笋 (萵筍)
芦笋 (蘆筍)

Medium Frequency

竹笋 (竹筍)
雨后春笋 (雨後春筍)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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