竹

Meaning

竹 centers on bamboo as a plant and material, with its straight jointed stalks and versatile uses.

• 竹たけ
  N2

  bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

• 竹林ちくりん

  bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

• 爆竹ばくちく

  firecracker

• 竹刀しない

  bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

• 竹叢たかむら

  bamboo grove

• 竹槍たけやり

  bamboo spear

• 竹馬たけうま

  stilts (for walking)

• 松竹梅しょうちくばい

  pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)

• 竹輪ちくわ

  chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

• 竹筒たけづつ

  container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

• 破竹はちく

  breaking bamboo

• 青竹あおだけ

  green bamboo

• 竹やぶたけやぶ

  bamboo grove

• 呉竹くれたけ

  Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

• 竹中工務店たけなかこうむてん

  Takenaka Corporation

• 竹箆しっぺい

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

• 竹光たけみつ

  bamboo sword (resembling a katana, etc.); bamboo imitation sword

• 竹細工たけざいく

  bamboo work; bamboo ware

• 竹とんぼたけとんぼ

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

• 竹垣たけがき

  bamboo fence (hedge)

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