Kanji Details:
- 竹
- Frequency:593
- Kun: たけ
- On: チク
- Meaning: bamboo
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 竹 たけ bamboo; middle (of a three-tier ranking system) 爆竹 ばくちく firecracker 竹林 ちくりん, たけばやし bamboo thicket 竹刀 しない (bamboo) fencing stick 青竹 あおだけ green bamboo 竹馬 たけうま, ちくば (walk on) stilts, bamboo horse 竹細工 たけざいく bamboo work さお竹 さおだけ bamboo pole 竹とんぼ たけとんぼ small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands 竹のつえ たけのつえ bamboo rod (stick, pole)