Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Entry: 簩 Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 900, Entry 25 Pronounced lao. A type of bamboo. The Record of Strange Things (Yiwuzhi) states: The lao bamboo is poisonous. People use it to make conical points for spears to strike wild beasts, and whatever is struck will die. The Bamboo Shoot Manual (Sunpu) by Zanning states: The shoots of the lao bamboo have no flesh and cannot be eaten. Also, lao is the name of a bamboo. See the entry for that character. Also, in the Jade Chapters (Yupian) it is pronounced li dao, and in the Compilation of Rhymes (Leipian) it is pronounced lang dao. The meaning is the same. Also, rhymes with lang hou. In the Lament for Jia (Dao Jia Wen) by Pi Rixiu: The scent lingers on the fragrant herbs, the sound is mournful on the flutes and the lao bamboo. The mountains are hidden by the empty embankment, the mist is faint and stretches across the autumn.