Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Zhu Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 885, Entry 24 Pronounced zhu. The term for chopsticks, equivalent to the standard word for chopsticks. According to the New Discourse on Guangdong (Guangdong xinyu), the boat people refer to chopsticks as ti. Also the name of an insect. According to the Classic of Extraordinary Creatures (Shen yijing), in the South Sea there is an aquatic insect called zhu, a type of clam. It has a small crab as large as an elm seed. When the zhu opens its shell to feed, the crab also emerges to feed. When the zhu closes its shell, the crab returns inside. They spend their entire lives gathering food together, never separating in life or death.