Ancient carved pictogram that became ⺮

THE RADICAL SHED

The bamboo radical

Radical · bamboo tools, writing

⺮

Two bamboo leaves. Ancient pens and chopsticks were bamboo, so writing tools carry it.

14 of the 31 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

第B1
第dìprefix forming ordinal numbers第一手dìyīshǒufirst-hand
笑B2
笑xiàoto laugh; to smile好笑hǎoxiàofunny; laughable开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto joke; to make fun of笑话xiàohuajoke
等B2
等děngto wait; and so on等děngetc.; and so on; grade or class等到děngdàoby the time; when等待děngdàito wait
笔B2
笔bǐpen; measure word for sums of money笔记bǐjìnotes; to take notes笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook; laptop铅笔qiānbǐpencil
篮B2
篮球lánqiúbasketball摇篮yáoláncradle
算B3
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend算suànto calculate; to count计算jìsuànto calculate计算机jìsuànjīcomputer
简B3
简单jiǎndānsimple简历jiǎnlìcurriculum vitae简直jiǎnzhísimply简化jiǎnhuàto simplify
答B3
回答huídáto answer; to reply答应dāyingto agree; to promise答dáto answer; to reply答案dá’ànanswer
箱B3
冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator箱子xiāngzibox; suitcase; chest邮箱yóuxiāngmailbox; email后备箱hòubèixiāngtrunk
筷B3
筷子kuàizichopsticks
管B4
不管bùguǎnno matter; regardless of管guǎnto manage; pipe管理guǎnlǐto manage; management尽管jǐnguǎndespite; although
签B4
签证qiānzhèngvisa签qiānto sign one's name签订qiāndìngto agree to and sign签名qiānmíngto sign
籍B4
国籍guójínationality书籍shūjíbooks古籍gǔjíancient books; classical texts籍贯jíguànone's ancestral home
笨B4
笨bènstupid; clumsy笨蛋bèndànfool笨重bènzhòngheavy笨拙bènzhuōclumsy
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