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, there are 953 characters (out of 49,030) to be 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

• 
  Oracle bone script character
• 
  Bronze script character
• 
  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