Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) ce Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 889, Entry 09 Guide to the Study of Characters (Zixue Zhinan) states that it is the same as the character ce. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on Tortoise and Yarrow Divination: Among the various yarrow stalks used for divination, none are more efficacious than you. Commentary (Suoyin): Perhaps it is an alternative name for ce. Also a type of bamboo. Bamboo Shoots Manual (Sunpu): The shoots of the thorny bamboo grow in clusters.