簇
(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile; classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,129 U+7C07
How 簇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 族 (phonetic, zú)
How to remember it
cluster · Heisig RSH #2261
竹 bamboo + 族 tribe
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 族
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 族 (zú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 族 sound component | zú | race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan |
| 镞 | zú | arrowhead, barb; quick, swift |
| 蔟 | cù | nest; silkworm frame; to collect |
Words containing 簇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高维代数簇 | gāo wéi dài shù cù | (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety |
| 抗原决定簇 | kàng yuán jué dìng cù | (immunology) antigenic determinant; epitope |
| 代数簇 | dài shù cù | algebraic variety (math.) |
| 花团锦簇 | huā tuán jǐn cù | brightly colored decorations (idiom); splendid |
| 花簇 | huā cù | bunch of flowers; bouquet |
| 簇新 | cù xīn | brand-new; spanking new |
| 簇茎石竹 | cù jīng shí zhú | boreal carnation or northern pink; Dianthus repens (botany) |
| 簇射 | cù shè | shower (radiation, particle, etc) |
| 簇拥 | cù yōng | to crowd around; to escort |
| 攒簇 | cuán cù | to gather closely together |