Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) 箰 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 890, Entry 13 Pronounced sun. Collected Works of Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced sun. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced sun. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced sun. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The embryo of a bamboo. Bamboo Shoot Register (Sunpu): Bamboo shoot is sometimes written in the variant form 箰. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Perfect Happiness (Zhuangzi, Zhile pian): Yangxi compares with the long-standing bamboo that produces the green larva. Commentary by Sima says: Yangxi is the name of a plant. Its root resembles a turnip, and it grows alongside the long-standing bamboo that produces the green larva. The green larva is an insect found in bamboo roots. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The form 箰 is also used for a net to catch birds.