Zi Collection, Middle Volume, Page 247, Entry 08 Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Pronounced gēng (falling tone) "Yùpiān" (玉篇) glosses the pronunciation as mò gēng qiè. "Lèipiān" (類篇) and "Jíyùn" (集韻) gloss the pronunciation as méi gēng qiè, with the same pronunciation as máng. "Yùpiān" explains it as the name of a type of bamboo. Its meaning is the same as .