# 竹

| 竹 | U+7AF9, &#31481; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AF9 |
| ← 竸 [U+7AF8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 竺 → [U+7AFA] |
| ⽵ | U+2F75, &#12149; KANGXI RADICAL BAMBOO |
| ← ⽴ [U+2F74] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽶ → [U+2F76] |

## Translingual
### Han character

竹 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹 (H), four-corner 8822$_0$, composition ⿰亇亇)
* Kangxi radical #118, ⽵.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/竹
* 𪠿, 𬳕, 𢎉, 𫇸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 877, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25841
* Dae Jaweon: page 1305, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2947, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7AF9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 竹 :
| Shang | Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||||||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 竺 | *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ |
| 篤 | *tuːɡ |
| 竹 | *tuɡ |
| 筑 | *tuɡ, *duɡ |
| 築 | *tuɡ |
| 茿 | *tuɡ |
* 竹 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 竹 (Cantonese)
* tek (Southern Min)
* 竹 (Wu)
Pictogram (象形) – two bamboo stalks, with leaves. Earlier forms resembled 个 + 个, current form resembles rather ケ + ケ, or 亇 + 亇.
See also the original version of 散.

### Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *b.twuːkᴰ (“bamboo strip for tying or weaving”), whence Thai ตอก (dtɔ̀ɔk, “bamboo strip”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhú (zhu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bvǔ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhůq
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җў (žw, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zuk$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zok$^7$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuuk$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): zuk$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zuh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chuk
    (Hailu, HRS): zhug
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zug$^5$
    (Changting, Changting Pinyin): zhu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zueh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): dṳ̆
* Eastern Min (BUC): dé̤ṳk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeh$^6$ / dyeh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tek / tiak / tiok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dêg$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dib$^4$ / zog$^4$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zoek$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^7$tsoq / $^7$cioq
** (Jinhua): $^7$cioq
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhou$^6$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): jiou$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): jiu$^6$ / zu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$
*** Yale: jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: bvǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /p͡fu²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: zhůq
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhuq$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂuʔ⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җў (žw, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$
*** Yale: jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: zok$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁴/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zuuk$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵk̚⁵⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: zuk$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ʃʊk̚²⁴/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zuh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: zug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhug
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuk⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊk̚¹/
** (Changting)
*** Changting Pinyin: zhu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /ty²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /tøyʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: doeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tœʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dyeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tyøʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Nan'an, Yongchun, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek
*** Tâi-lô: tik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deg
*** IPA (Nan'an): /tiɪk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Changtai, Singapore): /tek̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak
*** Tâi-lô: tiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diag
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiak̚⁵/
*** IPA (Hui'an): /tiak̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiok
*** Tâi-lô: tiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diog
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /tiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Longyan): /tiok̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Hui'an): /tiɔk̚⁴/
* tek/tiak - vernacular;
* tiok - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit竹 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/ /t͡su²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡su⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂv̩⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡səu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡su²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂuʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂuəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕɤu²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡suʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕiu⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂəu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂəɯ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡suʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡suk̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʃuk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sok̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡suk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡suk̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tiɔk̚³²/ /tik̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tøyʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ty²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tek̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sok̚⁵/ /ʔdiɔk̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: trjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 竹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 張六切 |
| Baxter | trjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 竹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*truk/ |
| English | bamboo |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 竹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17588 |
| Phonetic component | 竹 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 竹 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuɡ/ |

### Definitions

竹
* (～亞科) bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆／辘 c)
    竹子 ― zhúzi ― bamboo
* (music) musical instrument made of bamboo
* a surname, Zhu

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 竹, 篁 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 竹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 竹子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 竹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 竹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 竹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 竹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 竹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 竹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 竹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 竹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 竹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 竹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 竹子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 竹, 竹樹 plant |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 竹, 竹樹 plant |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 竹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 竹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 竹子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 竹仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 竹子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 竹仔, 竹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 竹子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 竹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 竹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 竹仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 竹仔, 竹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 竹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 竹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 竹仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 竹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 竹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 竹子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 竹子 |
| Jin | Datong | 竹子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 竹子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 竹子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 竹子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 竹子 |
| Jin | Jining | 竹子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 竹子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 竹子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 竹子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 竹子 |
| Jin | Handan | 竹子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 竹了 |
| Jin | Suide | 竹子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 竹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 竹, 竹仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 竹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 竹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 竹仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 竹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 竹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 竹 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 竹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 竹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 竹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 竹, 竹根 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 竹頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 竹頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 竹頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 竹頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 竹子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 竹頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 竹, 竹頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 竹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 竹兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 竹子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 竹子, 竹 |

### Compounds

* 修竹 (xiūzhú)
* 兔毫竹管
* 功垂竹帛
* 勢如劈竹 / 势如劈竹
* 勢如破竹 / 势如破竹 (shìrúpòzhú)
* 南竹 (nánzhú)
* 名垂竹帛
* 合竹
* 吹竹
* 品竹彈絲 / 品竹弹丝
* 品竹調弦 / 品竹调弦
* 品竹調絲 / 品竹调丝
* 哀絲豪竹 / 哀丝豪竹
* 哭竹
* 哭竹棒
* 囫圇竹 / 囫囵竹
* 垂名竹帛
* 報竹平安 / 报竹平安
* 大竹 (Dàzhú)
* 大麻竹
* 夾竹桃 / 夹竹桃
* 孟宗竹 (mèngzōngzhú)
* 孤竹
* 孤竹君
* 孫竹 / 孙竹
* 平安竹報 / 平安竹报
* 彈絲品竹 / 弹丝品竹
* 急竹繁絲 / 急竹繁丝
* 慈竹 (cízhú)
* 成竹在胸 (chéngzhúzàixiōng)
* 打竹舞
* 抖空竹 (dǒu kōngzhú)
* 扶竹
* 批頭竹片 / 批头竹片
* 放爆竹
* 敲竹槓 / 敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)
* 文竹
* 斑竹 (bānzhú)
* 斑竹壋 / 斑竹垱 (Bānzhúdàng)
* 新竹 (Xīnzhú)
* 東南竹箭 / 东南竹箭
* 松竹
* 桃竹
* 桂竹 (guìzhú)
* 桂竹香
* 棲梧食竹 / 栖梧食竹
* 武昌剩竹
* 歹竹出好筍 / 歹竹出好笋 (dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn)
* 毛竹 (máozhú)
* 江南竹
* 泥塞竹管
* 淡竹 (dànzhú)
* 淚竹 / 泪竹
* 湘妃竹 (xiāngfēizhú)
* 湘江竹
* 湘竹 (xiāngzhú)
* 炮竹 (pàozhú)
* 炮竹紅 / 炮竹红
* 烏竹 / 乌竹
* 爆竹 (bàozhú)
* 班竹 (Bānzhú)
* 石竹 (shízhú)
* 破竹
* 破竹之勢 / 破竹之势
* 破竹建瓴
* 碧竹
* 空竹 (kōngzhú)
* 竹刀 (zhúdāo)
* 竹刑
* 竹刻
* 竹北 (Zhúběi)
* 竹南 (Zhúnán)
* 竹器
* 竹圍 / 竹围 (Zhúwéi)
* 竹園 / 竹园 (zhúyuán)
* 竹地雷
* 竹坪 (Zhúpíng)
* 竹報平安 / 竹报平安 (zhúbàopíng'ān)
* 竹塘 (Zhútáng)
* 竹塹 / 竹堑 (Zhúqiàn)
* 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén)
* 竹夾膝 / 竹夹膝
* 竹姬
* 竹子 (zhúzi)
* 竹字頭 / 竹字头 (zhúzìtóu)
* 竹孫 / 竹孙
* 竹山 (Zhúshān)
* 竹崎 (Zhúqí)
* 竹嶼 / 竹屿 (Zhúyǔ)
* 竹工
* 竹布
* 竹帛
* 竹床
* 竹影
* 竹扇
* 竹批兒 / 竹批儿
* 竹排 (zhúpái)
* 竹書 / 竹书 (zhúshū)
* 竹書紀年 / 竹书纪年 (Zhúshū Jìnián)
* 竹材 (zhúcái)
* 竹杖成龍 / 竹杖成龙
* 竹東 / 竹东 (Zhúdōng)
* 竹林 (zhúlín)
* 竹板 (zhúbǎn)
* 竹林七賢 / 竹林七贤 (Zhúlín Qīxián)
* 竹林之游
* 竹板書 / 竹板书
* 竹林橋 / 竹林桥 (Zhúlínqiáo)
* 竹板歌
* 竹枝詞 / 竹枝词
* 竹棑 (tek-pâi)
* 竹槓 / 竹杠 (zhúgàng)
* 竹樓 / 竹楼
* 竹溪六逸
* 竹溪 / 竹谿 (zhúxī)
* 竹琴
* 竹田 (Zhútián)
* 竹竿 (zhúgān)
* 竹竿兒 / 竹竿儿 (zhúgānr)
* 竹竿舞
* 竹笛
* 竹笠 (zhúlì)
* 竹筒 (zhútǒng)
* 竹筍 / 竹笋 (zhúsǔn)
* 竹筏 (zhúfá)
* 竹筒倒豆子
* 竹筒飯 / 竹筒饭 (zhútǒngfàn)
* 竹節 / 竹节 (zhújié)
* 竹節書 / 竹节书
* 竹節蓼 / 竹节蓼
* 竹節蟲 / 竹节虫 (zhújiéchóng)
* 竹節鞭 / 竹节鞭
* 竹筴魚 / 竹策鱼 (zhújiáyú)
* 竹管開花 / 竹管开花
* 竹篦
* 竹簍 / 竹篓 (zhúlǒu)
* 竹篾 (zhúmiè)
* 竹簡 / 竹简 (zhújiǎn)
* 竹簡文 / 竹简文
* 竹簾 / 竹帘
* 竹籃 / 竹篮 (zhúlán)
* 竹籃打水一場空 / 竹篮打水一场空
* 竹籠 / 竹笼
* 竹籬 / 竹篱
* 竹籬茅舍 / 竹篱茅舍
* 竹紙 / 竹纸
* 竹素
* 竹素園 / 竹素园
* 竹編 / 竹编
* 竹肉
* 竹芋
* 竹苞松茂 (zhúbāosōngmào)
* 竹茹 (zhúrú)
* 竹萌
* 竹葉 / 竹叶 (zhúyè)
* 竹葉青 / 竹叶青 (zhúyèqīng)
* 竹葉鰱 / 竹叶鲢 (zhúyèlián)
* 竹蓆 / 竹席 (zhúxí)
* 竹蜻蛉
* 竹蜻蜓
* 竹賢 / 竹贤 (Zhúxián)
* 竹輿 / 竹舆
* 竹里真 (Zhúlǐzhēn)
* 竹陀螺
* 竹雕
* 竹雞 / 竹鸡 (zhújī)
* 竹頭木屑 / 竹头木屑
* 竹馬 / 竹马 (zhúmǎ)
* 竹馬之友 / 竹马之友 (zhúmǎzhīyǒu)
* 竹馬之好 / 竹马之好
* 竹馬兒 / 竹马儿
* 竹黃 / 竹黄
* 箭竹 (jiànzhú)
* 篁竹
* 篣竹
* 篛竹 / 箬竹
* 紫竹 (zǐzhú)
* 絲竹 / 丝竹 (sīzhú)
* 絲竹樂 / 丝竹乐
* 絲竹管絃 / 丝竹管弦
* 綠竹 / 绿竹
* 綠竹筍 / 绿竹笋
* 罄竹難書 / 罄竹难书 (qìngzhúnánshū)
* 義竹 / 义竹 (Yìzhú)
* 翠竹
* 胸有成竹 (xiōngyǒuchéngzhú)
* 腐竹 (fǔzhú)
* 茂林修竹 (màolínxiūzhú)
* 茂林深竹
* 苦竹 (kǔzhú)
* 萊公竹 / 莱公竹
* 蘆竹 / 芦竹 (lúzhú)
* 蘄竹 / 蕲竹
* 觀音棕竹 / 观音棕竹
* 觀音竹 / 观音竹 (guānyīnzhú)
* 調絃品竹 / 调弦品竹
* 調絲品竹 / 调丝品竹
* 跑竹馬 / 跑竹马
* 路竹 (Lùzhú)
* 道袍竹冠
* 金石絲竹 / 金石丝竹 (jīnshísīzhú)
* 銀竹 / 银竹
* 雙竹 / 双竹 (Shuāngzhú)
* 青梅竹馬 / 青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ)
* 青竹絲 / 青竹丝
* 鳳凰竹 / 凤凰竹
* 麻竹 (mázhú)
* 麻竹筍 / 麻竹笋
* 黃竹 / 黄竹 (huángzhú)
* 黃竹山 / 黄竹山 (Huángzhúshān)
* 墨竹

## Japanese
### Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)
* bamboo

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
* Tō-on: しつ (shitsu)
* Kun: たけ (take, 竹, Jōyō)
* Nanori: たか (taka)

#### Compounds

* 竹(ちく)簡(かん) (chikukan)
* 竹(ちく)林(りん) (chikurin)
* 寒忌竹(かんきちく) (kankichiku)
* 黒竹(くろちく) (kurochiku)
* 糸(し)竹(ちく) (shichiku)
* 竹刀(しない) (shinai)
* 松(しょう)竹(ちく)梅(ばい) (shōchikubai): An arrangement of pine (松(まつ) (matsu)), bamboo (竹(たけ) (take)), and plum blossom (梅(うめ) (ume))
* 石竹(せきちく) (sekichiku)
* 葮竹(だんちく), 暖竹(だんちく) (danchiku)
* 淡(は)竹(ちく) (hachiku) henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)
* 破竹(はちく) (hachiku)
* 爆竹(ばくちく) (bakuchiku)
* 鳳凰竹(ほうおうちく) (hōōchiku)
* 蓬莱竹(ほうらいちく) (hōraichiku)
* 孟(もう)宗(そう)竹(ちく) (mōsōchiku) moso bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens
* 緑(りょく)竹(ちく) (ryokuchiku): lush green bamboo

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 竹
* たけ Grade: 1
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *takai.
Theories on derivation include:
* From 長生 (takeou) or 高生 (takahae), in reference to the speed at which bamboo grows.
* Cognate with 高 (taka), 長 (take), 丈 (take) "height".
* From 高景 (takakake) or つらこえ (tsurakoe).
* From ta meaning "tall" (高い (takai)) + ke, ancient form of 木 (ki, “tree”).
* A contraction of 痛快茎延へ (itakukihae), referring to the speed at which bamboo grows.
* Ta is from Korean 대 (dae, “bamboo”) (see also 대나무 (daenamu, “bamboo”, literally “bamboo tree”)), while ke is an ancient form of 木 (ki).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たけ [tàké] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) たけ [táꜜkè] (Atamadaka – [1]) only for the "maidservant" sense
* IPA: [ta̠ke̞]
* (Kyoto) たけ [táké] (Kōki – [0])
* Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
   * (the Heian period) HH
   * (the Kamakura period) HH
   * (the Edo period) HH
    ※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌). ※ References:

### Noun

竹(たけ) or 竹(タケ) • (take)
* bamboo
    『竹(たけ)取(とり)物(もの)語(がたり)』
       “Taketori Monogatari”
       The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
* (nyōbō kotoba) a bamboo shoot
* a wind instrument made using bamboo
* a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) consisting of a bird on a bamboo tree and various bamboo rings
* (slang) a maidservant (due to being used as the stock name for a maidservant in novels of the early modern era)
* the middle of a 3-tier ranking system
    Hypernym: 松竹梅
    Coordinate terms: 松, 竹, 梅

#### Derived terms

* 竹(たけ)馬(うま) (takeuma)
* 竹垣(たけがき) (takegaki)
* 竹刀(たけがたな) (takegatana)
* 竹冠(たけかんむり) (takekanmuri)
* 竹串(たけぐし) (takegushi)
* 竹籠(たけかご) (takekago)
* 竹細工(たけざいく) (takezaiku, “bamboo ware”)
* 竹筒(たけづつ) (takezutsu)
* 竹取(たけとり) (taketori)
* 竹(たけ)蜻蛉(とんぼ) (taketonbo): a bamboo dragonfly/bamboo-copter; a toy
* 竹(たけ)の子(こ), 筍(たけのこ) (take no ko)
* 竹箒(たけぼうき) (takebōki)
* 竹光(たけみつ) (takemitsu)
* 竹(たけ)薮(やぶ) (takeyabu)
* 合竹(あいたけ) (aitake)
* 青竹(あおだけ) (aodake, “green bamboo”)
* 綾竹(あやだけ) (ayadake)
* 呉竹(くれたけ) (kuretake)
* 笹竹(ささたけ) (sasatake)
* 竿竹(さおだけ) (saodake)
* 篠竹(しのだけ) (shinodake)
* 業平竹(ナリヒラダケ) (narihiradake)
* 野竹(ノダケ) (nodake)
* 火吹竹(ひふきたけ) (hifukitake)
* 笛竹(ふえたけ) (fuetake)
* 真(マ)竹(ダケ) (madake) timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
* 女竹(メダケ), 雌竹(メダケ) (medake)
* 矢竹(ヤダケ) (yadake)

### References

* ↑ “たけ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
* 1 2 3 4 5 “たけ 【竹】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 竹 (MC trjuwk). Recorded as Middle Korean 듁〮 (tywúk) (Yale: tyuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 竹 (eumhun 대나무 죽 (daenamu juk))
* hanja form of 죽 (“bamboo”)

#### Compounds

* 송죽 (松竹, songjuk, “pine tree and bamboo”)
* 죽순 (竹筍, juksun, “bamboo shoot”)
* 폭죽 (爆竹, pokjuk, “firecracker; firework”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

竹: Hán Nôm readings: trúc
* (Sino-Vietnamese) bamboo
* any bamboo species of phyllostachys

#### Compounds

* 松菊竹梅 (tùng cúc trúc mai)
* 竹桃 (trúc đào)
* 竹梅 (trúc mai)
* 青梅竹馬 (thanh mai trúc mã)
* 𤠰竹 (gấu trúc)