箬 (ruò): indocalamus leaf (broad bamboo…

Meanings

1 indocalamus leaf (broad bamboo leaf used to wrap food)
2 (classical) bamboo sheath; bamboo skin

Characters

箬

ruò

indocalamus leaf; bamboo sheath

Examples

奶奶用箬叶包粽子。

Nǎinai yòng ruòyè bāo zòngzi.

Grandma wraps zongzi with indocalamus leaves.

Tips

history

Rarely stands alone; it appears in 箬叶 (the broad leaves that wrap 粽子) and 箬笠 (a bamboo rain hat). The top is the bamboo radical 竹 and 若 below is the phonetic.

Components

radical

⺮ zhú

bamboo

The bamboo-cap radical ⺮ is 竹 in top form. It marks 箬 as a bamboo product — the broad leaf and sheath.

phonetic

若 ruò

if; like

Below the bamboo cap, 若 supplies the sound, the same phonetic seen in 诺 and 惹; it adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

箬 ruò

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