Bamboo slips in Chinese (Mandarin): 竹简 (zhújiǎn)
竹简
zhújiǎn
bamboo slips
- Simplified
- 竹简
- Traditional
- 竹簡
- Pinyin
- zhújiǎn
- Typed as
- zhujian
Use it in a sentence
在有纸以前，人们在竹简上写字。
在有紙以前，人們在竹簡上寫字。
Before paper, people wrote on bamboo slips.
The characters in 竹简
竹
Bamboo. It began as a drawing of bamboo leaves.
6 strokes
简 / 簡
A bamboo slip; also simple. 竹 (bamboo) is on top.
13 strokes
Strips of bamboo were tied together with string to make a book. 简 now also means simple, as in 简单 (jiǎndān).
More examples with 竹简
竹简很长。
竹簡很長。
Zhújiǎn hěn cháng.
The bamboo slips are long.
古人在竹简上写字。
古人在竹簡上寫字。
Gǔrén zài zhújiǎn shang xiě zì.
People long ago wrote on bamboo slips.
How to write 竹简 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
竹 6 strokes
简 13 strokes
In Traditional characters:
簡 18 strokes
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