Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Dang Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 898, Entry 47 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Treasury of Rimes (Yunhui): Pronounced dang. Large bamboo. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The small bamboo and large bamboo have already spread. Erya (Erya): Explaining Plants commentary: Dang is another name for bamboo. Commentary: Li Xun says: Bamboo with nodes spaced one zhang apart is called dang. Sun Yan says: Bamboo with wide nodes is called dang. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Heaven Official: Grand Minister: Used to provide the materials needed by the state through nine tributes, the fifth being material tribute. Commentary: Material tribute refers to materials such as cedar, cypress, pine, small bamboo, and large bamboo. Also, Wide Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced tang; Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced tang. Name of a river, located in the Ye region, present-day Dangyin County. Also written as the character for Tang.