bamboo
竹 centers on bamboo as a plant and material, with its straight jointed stalks and versatile uses.
竹 is a pictograph of two bamboo stalks with leaves, capturing the plant's jointed stem and drooping foliage.
The two vertical strokes with horizontal bars look like bamboo stalks with nodes. The short strokes at the top suggest leaves. Together, 竹 is bamboo.
For チク, imagine a thick bamboo stalk that makes a 'chick' sound when tapped: chick -> チク, and the bamboo is thick and strong.
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
firecracker
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
bamboo grove
bamboo spear
stilts (for walking)
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
breaking bamboo
green bamboo
bamboo grove
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
Takenaka Corporation
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)
bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword
bamboo work; bamboo ware
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
bamboo fence (hedge)