Kanji

竹

竹

bamboo

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

竹部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たけ

Nanori (Name Reading)

たか, たけ

Common Readings

チク, たけ

Example sentences

竹 たけ
この 籠 は 竹 で 編まれています 。

This basket is woven from bamboo.

地下茎 ちかけい
竹 は 地下茎 で 増える

Bamboo propagates via underground stems.

竹刀 しない
彼 は 思い切り 竹刀 を 振った 。

He swung the bamboo sword with all his might.

爆竹 ばくちく
中国 の 旧正月 に は 、 至る所 で 爆竹 が 鳴らされる 。

Firecrackers are set off everywhere during the Chinese New Year.

竹串 たけぐし
ケーキ が 焼けた か 確認 する ため に 、 竹串 を 刺した 。

I stuck a bamboo skewer in to check if the cake was baked.

Example Vocabulary

竹

たけ

bamboo

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword

竹林

ちくりん

爆竹

ばくちく

firecracker

竹筒

たけづつ

唐竹

からたけ

破竹の勢い

はちくのいきおい

竹槍

たけやり

竹箒

たけぼうき

竹串

たけぐし

bamboo skewer

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