Read Edit View history 𥬔 qū ancient woven bamboo rice-vessel Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 竹 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Components ⺮ ⺮ Meaning component zhú bamboo ⺮ is a component form of 竹. 去 去 Sound component qù go away Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》：“，盧，飯器。，或从竹，去聲。” Sources Character origin zi.toolsReadings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
