竹(zhú): (bound form) bamboo
HSK 56 strokes
(bound form) bamboo
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Meaning
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 5
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 竹 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Pictograph
⿰？？Two stalks of bamboo
A drawing of the thing it names.
How to write 竹 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 竹
Common words using 竹 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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