noun
kanji 'bamboo' radical at top (radical 118)
Refers to the top-position radical ⺮ (たけかんむり), as seen in characters like 笑, 筆, 箱, etc.
「笑」の上の部分は竹冠と呼ばれます。
The top part of 笑 is called 竹冠.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in explanatory contexts.
Katakana variant, sometimes used for emphasis or in dictionaries.
竹 means 'bamboo' as a plant; 竹冠 is specifically the name of the radical when it appears at the top of a kanji.
Compound of 竹 (たけ, 'bamboo') and 冠 (かんむり, 'crown'), referring to the radical's position at the top of a character.