Memory phrase for the Kanji: 笋
笋
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Meaning
bamboo shoot
Pronunciation
sǔn
Explanation
Top: bamboo 竹, below: 尹 (hand with a stick but here: with a seedling that is planted)
Mnemonic
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Bamboo is planted by hand with seedlings to become a sprout.
Radicals
竹
bamboo
尹
hand with stick Shows a hand with a stick ノ and is often used for “ruling”. For “beating 攴”, this stick 卜 in this hand 又 is used and simplified to 攵.
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Vocabulary
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雨后春笋
yǔ hòu chūn sǔn
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
芦笋
lú sǔn
asparagus
莴笋
wō sǔn
Chinese lettuce; celtuce; asparagus lettuce; celery lettuce; stem lettuce
莴笋
wō sǔn