竺
Zhú

India

A kind 二 of bamboo ⺮; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ SoundMeaning component
zhú bamboo
二
二 Meaning component
èr two

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːɡ
tuːɡ
tuɡ

說文解字

厚也。从二竹聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)