竹,金文写作■,小篆写作■,很像两枝并生的竹叶。《说文》:“竹,冬生草也。”为什么说“竹”是冬生呢,因为冬天竹子在地底孕育,开春竹笋破土而出,就像小草一样逐渐长大,所以段玉裁说“竹胎生于冬”。不过,竹既不是草,也不是树,因为竹不像草那么叶片柔软,又不像大树那样有年轮,竹是中空的,却坚 Bamboo, gold writing ■, small seal writing ■, like two branches of bamboo leaves. “Said the text:” bamboo, winter grass also. “Why” bamboo “is a winter it, because winter bamboo in the ground pregnant, spring bamboo shoots out, just like the same grass gradually grew up, Therefore, Duan Yu said ”bamboo born in winter ". However, bamboo is neither a grass nor a tree because it is not as soft as a blade of grass, unlike the tree that does not have an annual ring, but it is hollow