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竹

竹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たけ

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。垂れ下がった竹の葉を象る。「たけ」を意味する漢語｛竹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bamboo

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チクElem.
Kun (native)
  • たけElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • たか
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu2
  • 한글jug
  • Hán-ViệtTrúc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7AF9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰⿱𠂉丨亇

Words using this kanji

  • 竹たけ(たけ) イネ科タケ亜科に属する多年生常緑草本植物で、大型のものの総称。一般的には大型のものを「竹」、小型のものをと呼ぶ。(花:夏の季語, 実:秋の季語)bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae), middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 竹林ちくりん竹の林。竹藪。bamboo thicket, bamboo grove
  • 竹刀しない（ちくとう、たけがたな）竹製の刀。竹光。 （しない）剣道、短剣道で使う竹製の刀。bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick, bamboo sword
  • 竹馬たけうま（竹馬で遊ぶような）幼い頃。stilts (for walking), hobby horse
  • 竹細工たけざいく竹に細工をすること。 1.でできた細工物。bamboo work, bamboo ware
  • 竹垣たけがきbamboo fence (hedge)
  • 竹串たけぐしbamboo skewer
  • 竹光たけみつ竹林から出る光。bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.), bamboo imitation sword, dull sword
  • 竹材ちくざいbamboo material
  • 竹製たけせいmade of bamboo
  • 竹叢たかむらbamboo grove
  • 竹槍たけやり「たけやり」の漢字表記。bamboo spear
  • 竹筒たけづつcontainer made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways, bamboo tube, bamboo cylinder
  • 竹輪ちくわ白身の魚の肉を擂り身にし、棒状のものに塗りつけ、焼いたり蒸したりした食品。chikuwa
  • 竹簡ちくかん細長い竹の札で、その上に文を書いて用いるもの。古代の中国・朝鮮・日本で用いた。材料が木なら木簡という。竹簡と木簡を合わせて簡牘という。bamboo writing strip
  • 竹箆しっぺい「竹篦」の別表記。bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism), striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
  • 竹竿たけざお竹で作った竿。 直立した竹の幹。bamboo pole
  • 竹縁たけえんveranda with bamboo flooring
  • 竹簀たけすbamboo screen or blind
  • 竹帛ちくはくhistory

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
8822.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f0.1
Heisig
1007
Nelson
3366