篠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 筱筿

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiǎo
Cantonese: siu2
JapaneseKun: SHINO
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dwarf bamboo; diminutive in person's name

CE-Dict: dwarf bamboo

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.little slender bamboo
2.little; small

1.a variety of bamboo with thin and short stems

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】篠
【廣韻】先鳥切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】先了切，𠀤音𩵌。【廣韻】細竹也。【戴凱之·竹譜】篠出魯郡鄒山，堪爲笙。【書·禹貢】篠簜旣敷。【傳】篠，竹箭。【疏】篠爲小竹。【爾雅疏】篠，一名箭。【周禮·天官·大宰】以九貢致邦國之用，五曰材貢。【註】材貢，櫄榦栝柏篠簜也。【竹譜】海島有篠，大者如筯，內實外堅，拔之不曲，枝葉稀少，狀若枯筯。　又與簫通。【馬融·長笛賦】林蕭蔓荆。【註】簫與篠通。　【正韻】篆文作筱。今作篠。

Japanese Places Shino (loc)

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary reed

CF-Dict: bambou nain