Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Bu Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 886, Entry 24 In the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced pou. It refers to the sheath of bamboo. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced pou, referring to bamboo leaves. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced fu, which is the name of a type of bamboo. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced pu. It refers to a small bamboo net, sometimes written in a variant form (bu).