Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Yu Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 887, Entry 03 Pronounced yu. Lin-yu, a type of bamboo. The bamboos include the yun-dang and the lin-yu. — Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu fu) Lin-yu is the bamboo used by Lord Yuan and the lady of Yue when they tested their swords. — Records of Strange Things (Yiwu zhi) The leaves of the lin-yu are thin and broad. — Treatise on Bamboos (Zhupu)