Chinese name: ⺮
Pinyin: zhú
English name: bamboo
Imagery: two bamboo stalks
History of radical: This radical is called bamboo and it is always placed to the top of a character. In oracle bones it is a picture of two bamboo stalks with branches on either side. Characters with this radical relate to bamboo or items made of bamboo.
For example:
- 竿(gān): rod
- 笛(dí): flute
- 箱(xiāng): case, box