筍 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sǔn

bamboo shoots

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

旬 Sound component

xún

ten-day period

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sǔn

bamboo shoot; joint; tendon

Most common words with 筍

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	芦笋	asparagus
	笋	bamboo shoot
	竹笋	bamboo shoot
	雨后春笋	many new things emerge in rapid succession
	莴笋	celtuce

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s-qʷi[n]ʔ	swinX	sǔn	bamboo sprouts

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3455th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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