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    3. 川竹

    川竹

    川かわ竹たけ

    bamboo growing along a river bank

    NTNounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab9 strokes

    河竹

    かわたけ

    Noun

    1.
    bamboo growing along a river bank
    2.
    Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides), giant timber bamboo, madake
    3.
    Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
    4.
    prostitute, the life of a prostitute
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    川
    かわ…(4)
    stream・river・river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
    竹
    たけ…(2)
    bamboo
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