Moto 竹: BambooKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チク
- Kun'yomi
- たけ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 153 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チク)
- 爆竹ばくちくfirecracker
- 松竹梅しょうちくばいpine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
- 破竹はちくbreaking bamboo
- 竹林ちくりんbamboo thicket; bamboo grove
- 唐竹とうちくChinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo
- 四方竹しほうちくTetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo); Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
- 夾竹桃きょうちくとうoleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum
- 妙竹林みょうちくりんweird; odd
- 孟宗竹もうそうちくmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
- 寒忌竹かんきちくcentipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant
- 寒竹かんちくmarbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
- 支那竹しなちくbamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
- 方竹ほうちくtype of bamboo
- 暖竹だんちくArundo donax
- 棕櫚竹しゅろちくRhapis humilis; rhapis
- 法竹ほっちくtype of open-ended bamboo flute
- 焼き竹輪やきちくわgrilled chikuwa
- 石竹せきちくChina pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
- 石竹色せきちくいろlight pink (color, colour)
- 破竹の勢いはちくのいきおい(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 竹たけbamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
- 竹の子たけのこbamboo shoot
- 竹細工たけざいくbamboo work; bamboo ware
- 竹馬たけうまstilts (for walking)
- 青竹あおだけgreen bamboo
- さお竹さおだけbamboo pole
- 丸竹まるたけcut bamboo
- 割り竹わりだけsplit bamboo; bamboo slat
- 割竹わりだけsplit bamboo; bamboo slat
- 呉竹くれたけalternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
- 女竹めだけSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
- 川竹かわたけbamboo growing along a river bank
- 打ち竹うちたけantiquated lighter consisting of a tube of bamboo containing live coals (hidane)
- 木に竹を接ぐきにたけをつぐto sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree
- 河竹かわたけbamboo growing along a river bank
- 火吹き竹ひふきだけbamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire
- 煤竹すすたけsoot-colored bamboo (coloured)
- 真竹まだけJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo
- 矢竹やだけbamboo arrow shaft
- 竹かごたけかごbamboo basket
- 竹でっぽうたけでっぽうbamboo gun (toy)
- 竹とんぼたけとんぼsmall wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
- 竹に雀たけにすずめmatch made in heaven; perfect match
- 竹のつえたけのつえbamboo rod (stick, pole)
- 竹の園たけのそのbamboo garden
- 竹の園生たけのそのうbamboo garden; the imperial family
- 竹の子族たけのこぞくpeople who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s
Other readings
- 竹刀しないbamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
- 乾竹からたけJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo
- 千里竹ねざさdwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
- 女子竹おなごだけSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
- 小竹ささbamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
- 幹竹からたけJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo
- 幹竹割りからたけわりcutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
- 弱竹なよたけSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
- 桟竹えつりだけsheathing (under thatched roofing)
- 淡竹はちくHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
- 漢竹からたけChinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)
- 竹の子継ぎ手タケノコつぎてbarb fitting; barbed tubing connection
- 竹の子継手タケノコつぎてbarb fitting; barbed tubing connection
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