Definitions
a kind of bamboo
Etymology
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篃 is a phono-semantic compound character. Its top component, 竹 (zhú), the bamboo radical, places it in the category of bamboo and related grasses. The bottom component, 眉 (méi, 'eyebrow'), provides the pronunciation. It denotes a specific, likely slender or unusually shaped, bamboo variety. This follows the botanical naming pattern where a radical indicates the plant family and a phonetic specifies the species, and it appears mainly in historical texts on regional flora.
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