TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
竹
ㄓㄨˊ · zhú
noun — bamboo
字源 FORM — what the parts do
竹形two drooping bamboo stalks with their leaves
A picture: two bamboo culms standing side by side, each with a leaf hanging off — that is the whole graph. From the plant: 竹子、竹筍、竹林; and as a radical it tops everything made of bamboo — 筆、笛、籃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩根竹竿（竹）並排站著，葉子各往下一垂。
Two bamboo culms (竹) stand side by side, a leaf drooping from each.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)竹子、竹林— bamboo常用
→竹筍、竹簡— bamboo shoot; bamboo slip
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
竺zhúthe lookalike — both grow from the bamboo top; 竺 plants 二 beneath the leaves, is the bare paired culm