箍
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hoop; to bind with hoops
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 竹 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 箍
- Common rank
- #1,993
- Unicode
- U+7B8D
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Formation & memory
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How 箍 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Bamboo ⺮ bindings 㧜; 㧜 also provides the pronunciation
Components ⺮ 㧜
Words with 箍
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头箍儿 | erhua form of 頭箍|头箍[tou2 gu1] | |
| 红箍儿 | (northern dialects) red armband | |
| 箍节儿 | short length; small section or portion | |
| 针箍儿 | erhua variant of 針箍|针箍[zhen1 gu1] | |
| 竹箍儿 | bamboo hoop; bamboo band | |
| 箍子 | finger ring (dialect) | |
| 头箍 | headband | |
| 金箍棒 | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 y… | |
| 金箍 | gold band | |
| 发箍 | headband | |
| 打箍 | to hoop; to put a hoop around sth | |
| 帽箍儿 | the ribbon around a cap | |
| 腿号箍 | see 腿號|腿号[tui3 hao4] | |
| 箍嘴 | to muzzle | |
| 箍带 | strap; CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 铁箍 | iron hoop | |
| 环箍 | a hoop | |
| 箍麻 | to become numb (from being bound too tightly) | |
| 轮箍 | tire | |
| 牙箍 | orthodontic braces |