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The character for bamboo shoot, traditionally written as 筍 and in its simplified form as 笋, is structured as a phono-semantic compound where the bamboo radical ⺮ indicates its botanical category, while the phonetic components 句 in 筍 and 尹 in 笋 provide guidance for pronunciation. Historically, the character has denoted the edible young shoots of bamboo plants, with the traditional form 筍 appearing in classical texts; the simplified form 笋 alters the phonetic element from 句 to 尹 but continues to employ the bamboo radical for semantic clarity.
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这个笋很新鲜。
我喜欢吃竹笋。
妈妈用笋炒了肉片。
春天是吃笋的好季节。
竹笋的生长速度很快。
采摘竹笋需要小心谨慎。
这道笋汤的味道非常鲜美。
研究人员发现了竹笋的新用途。