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    3. 竹

    竹

    竹たけ

    bamboo

    N2KMT6Freq #593Nature & EnvironmentKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    たけ

    On'yomi

    チク

    Nanori

    たか

    bamboo

    竹

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    竺竿笈笂管簡箇筋

    Alternative forms of this concept

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    Concepts using this kanji

    竹

    bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

    爆竹

    firecracker

    竹林

    bamboo thicket

    竹刀

    bamboo sword (for kendo)

    内竹

    inner bamboo layer of a bow

    方竹

    type of bamboo

    四方竹

    Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo)

    女竹

    Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

    竹の子にょっき

    takenoko nyokki

    竹夫人

    bamboo wife

    女子竹

    Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

    青竹

    green bamboo

    川竹

    bamboo growing along a river bank

    外竹

    outer bamboo layer of a bow

    法竹

    type of open-ended bamboo flute

    打ち竹

    antiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)

    石竹

    China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)

    竹がえし

    children's game of catching bamboo spatulas on the back of the hand

    さお竹

    bamboo pole

    竹とんぼ

    small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

    竹やぶ

    bamboo grove

    竹べら

    bamboo spatula

    竹ぼうき

    bamboo broom

    竹かご

    bamboo basket

    なよ竹

    Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

    真竹

    Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

    金明竹

    Castillon bamboo (cultivar of Japanese timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides)

    竹切れ

    bamboo chip

    丸竹

    cut bamboo

    竹の子族

    Takenoko Tribe

    竹席

    bamboo mat

    竹光

    bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.)

    幹竹

    Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

    竹材

    bamboo material

    竹を割ったよう

    clear-cut and straightforward

    割竹

    split bamboo

    竹の春

    eighth lunar month

    竹の子生活

    selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

    木に竹を接ぐ

    to sew a fox's skin to the lion's

    竹中工務店

    Takenaka Corporation

    竹島問題

    Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

    苦竹

    Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

    竹屋

    bamboo dealer

    竹器

    bamboo ware

    竹製

    made of bamboo

    竹紙

    thin paper made from bamboo fibre

    石竹色

    light pink (color, colour)

    竹取物語

    Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

    竹の園

    bamboo garden

    黒竹

    black bamboo

    雄竹

    any of the larger varieties of bamboo

    竹馬

    stilts (for walking)

    破竹の勢い

    (with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick)

    竹馬に乗る

    to walk on stilts

    竹束

    bamboo bundle

    竹の園生

    bamboo garden

    竹節人参

    Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)

    竹輪

    chikuwa

    竹馬の友

    childhood friend

    竹矢来

    bamboo enclosure

    青竹色

    blue-green

    竹小豆

    ricebean (Vigna umbellata)

    火吹き竹

    bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire

    竹皮

    bamboo sheath

    竹の皮

    bamboo sheath

    竹林の七賢

    Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

    竹節

    bamboo joint

    竹の節

    node (joint) of a bamboo

    群竹

    thick growth of bamboo

    竹井美術館

    Takei Art Museum

    竹菱電機

    Takebishi Electric Sales Corporation

    矢竹

    bamboo arrow shaft

    支那竹

    bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

    竹炭

    bamboo charcoal

    竹細工

    bamboo work

    竹窓

    bamboo window

    竹簡

    bamboo writing strip

    竹鉄砲

    bamboo gun (toy)

    布袋竹

    fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)

    糸竹

    (traditional Japanese) musical instruments

    竹冠

    kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)

    竹垣

    bamboo fence (hedge)

    淡竹

    Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

    唐竹割り

    cutting straight down

    寒竹

    marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)

    竹笠

    bamboo hat

    暖竹

    Arundo donax (species of tall perennial cane)

    呉竹

    Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

    竹取翁の物語

    Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

    竹糖

    Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)

    竹筒

    container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways

    竹縁

    veranda with bamboo flooring

    竹籤

    thin strip of bamboo

    唐竹

    Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik)

    竹槍戦術

    tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons

    笹竹

    small bamboo

    竹尺

    bamboo ruler

    篠竹

    bamboo grass

    綾竹

    lease rod (in a loom)

    竹笹堂

    Takezasado

    竹に雀

    match made in heaven

    笛竹

    bamboo flute

    竹笛

    flute constructed of bamboo

    竹串

    bamboo skewer

    桟竹

    sheathing (under thatched roofing)

    孟宗竹

    moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

    竹の杖

    bamboo rod (stick, pole)

    破竹

    breaking bamboo

    竹牌

    bamboo tile

    寒忌竹

    centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum)

    脩竹

    tall bamboo

    竹槍

    bamboo spear

    竹箸

    bamboo chopsticks

    竹竿

    bamboo pole

    竹輪麩

    flour paste cake in the form of a tube

    竹帛

    history

    竹杷

    farmer's rake

    竹釘

    bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)

    竹筏

    Taiwanese bamboo raft

    煤竹

    soot-colored bamboo (coloured)

    竹蔗

    Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense)

    筮竹

    bamboo divination stick

    竹箆

    bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)

    竹簀

    bamboo screen or blind

    竹叢

    bamboo grove

    夾竹桃

    oleander

    鳳凰竹

    Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)

    松竹梅

    pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)

    竹聯幇

    United Bamboo Gang (Taiwanese crime syndicate)

    蓬莱竹

    hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex)

    棕櫚竹

    Rhapis humilis

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    • 割竹
    • さお竹
    • 唐竹割り
    • 松竹梅
    • 真竹
    • 竹
    • 竹とんぼ
    • 竹の杖
    • 竹垣
    • 竹串
    • 竹光
    • 竹細工
    • 竹材
    • 竹製
    • 竹叢
    • 竹槍
    • 竹刀
    • 竹筒
    • 竹馬
    • 竹馬の友
    • 竹やぶ
    • 竹林
    • 竹輪
    • 爆竹
    • 夾竹桃
    • 糸竹
    • 竹簡
    • 竹箆
    • 群竹
    • 竹の子生活
    • 破竹
    • 火吹き竹
    • 竹矢来
    • 竹竿
    • 竹の園生
    • 竹べら
    • 竹縁
    • 竹簀
    • 石竹
    • 石竹色
    • 寒竹
    • 青竹
    • 黒竹
    • 木に竹を接ぐ
    • 脩竹
    • 竹の節
    • 竹帛
    • 竹輪麩
    • 竹ぼうき
    • 支那竹
    • 竹槍戦術
    • 竹かご
    • 打ち竹
    • 筮竹
    • 竹節人参
    • 竹笛
    • 笹竹
    • 篠竹
    • 竹冠
    • 淡竹
    • 呉竹
    • 女竹
    • なよ竹
    • 女子竹
    • 川竹
    • 苦竹
    • 幹竹
    • 唐竹
    • 竹笠
    • 煤竹
    • 竹島問題
    • 竹の皮
    • 矢竹
    • 破竹の勢い
    • 棕櫚竹
    • 暖竹
    • 桟竹
    • 孟宗竹
    • 四方竹
    • 方竹
    • 法竹
    • 竹屋
    • 丸竹
    • 竹席
    • 竹を割ったよう
    • 竹束
    • 竹の春
    • 竹林の七賢
    • 竹糖
    • 竹蔗
    • 竹杷
    • 竹筏
    • 蓬莱竹
    • 鳳凰竹
    • 竹に雀
    • 竹切れ
    • 竹尺
    • 竹籤
    • 竹鉄砲
    • 竹箸
    • 竹の園
    • 笛竹
    • 竹炭
    • 綾竹
    • 竹の子族
    • 竹釘
    • 寒忌竹
    • 竹馬に乗る
    • 竹夫人
    • 雄竹
    • 金明竹
    • 竹牌
    • 青竹色
    • 竹小豆
    • 竹器
    • 竹皮
    • 竹の子にょっき
    • 布袋竹
    • 竹窓
    • 内竹
    • 外竹
    • 竹紙
    • 竹がえし
    • 竹節
    • 竹井美術館
    • 竹取翁の物語
    • 竹中工務店
    • 竹菱電機
    • 竹取物語
    • 竹聯幇
    • 竹笹堂

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