sǔn

Radical: ⺮ pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

笋 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 笋

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 笋.

冬笋
dōng sǔn
春笋
chūn sǔn
石笋
shí sǔn
stalagmite
竹笋
zhú sǔn
bamboo shoots
笋子
sǔn zi
笋尖
sǔn jiān
芦笋
lú sǔn
asparagus
莴笋
wō sǔn
Chinese lettuce
黎笋
lí sǔn
玉米笋
yù mǐ sǔn
baby corn
茭白笋
jiāo bái sǔn
雨后春笋
yǔ hòu chūn sǔn
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom)

Related characters (radical ⺮)

Characters that share the radical .

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