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  *篇* | 篇* | *篇
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
HSK 2
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  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
bamboo / CL: ,
HSK 5
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  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
bamboo flute / CL:
HSK 7-9
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  *笊* | 笊* | *笊
loosely woven bamboo ladle
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
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  *篜* | 篜* | *篜
bamboo
bamboo pole
HSK 7-9
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL: 張|张, 領|领
fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
bamboo rat
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
to play the xiao 簫|箫, a vertical bamboo flute / (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫) / (slang) to give a blowjob
bamboo box
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
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  *笋* | 笋* | *笋
bamboo shoot
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  *蓧* | 蓧* | *蓧
bamboo basket
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  *笙* | 笙* | *笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
a bamboo or wicker scoop / dustpan
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  *槎* | 槎* | *槎
a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew
bamboo shoot
fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening
to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry)
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty
to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view
wicker or bamboo winnowing basket / dustpan
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
bamboo fungus; veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)
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  *笞* | 笞* | *笞
to whip with bamboo strips
(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
bamboo raft
bamboo pipe
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  *筊* | 筊* | *筊
bamboo rope
(dialect) partition or screen made of plaited bamboo (or rushes, grain stalks etc); a weir of similar construction used to trap fish
bamboo hat
mat woven from bamboo strips
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
bamboo and wood
bamboo shoot tip
lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese music instruments
conical bamboo hat
bamboo forest
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  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport
kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.)
same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death
(bird species of China) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips
utensil made of bamboo
bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling
a bamboo carriage / a palanquin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笐* | 笐* | *笐
bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates
woven bamboo mat
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  *筥* | 筥* | *筥
round bamboo basket
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  *简* | 简* | *简
simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old)
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  *栈* | 栈* | *栈
a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
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  *筀* | 筀* | *筀
bamboo (archaic)
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  *策* | 策* | *策
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
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  *篾* | 篾* | *篾
the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip
springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
to calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads / (fig.) to budget; to plan (an investment)
bamboo strip
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
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  *匾* | 匾* | *匾
horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket
bamboo fungus
bamboo tube / bamboo pipe
bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
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  *箎* | 箎* | *箎
bamboo flute with 8 holes
bamboo box / vessels for holding food
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
Manchurian wild rice , aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)
bamboo shoot
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  *箫* | 箫* | *箫
xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
(bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
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  *笥* | 笥* | *笥
square bamboo container for food or clothing
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  *筢* | 筢* | *筢
bamboo rake
bamboo basket for rice-washing
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  *筳* | 筳* | *筳
bamboo pole / spindle
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  *簝* | 簝* | *簝
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times
huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
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  *莚* | 莚* | *莚
bamboo mat / feast, banquet
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
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  *⺮* | ⺮* | *⺮
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
well bucket / pail made of bamboo strips

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