竹
bamboo
6 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 593.
Readings
- たけ (kun reading): 竹 (たけ) bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); 竹馬 (たけうま) stilts (for walking)
- チク (on reading): 竹林 (ちくりん) bamboo thicket; 爆竹 (ばくちく) firecracker
- Read as a whole word: 竹刀 (しない) bamboo sword (for kendo)
Components
Kanji containing 竹
- 第 No.
- 策 scheme
- 算 calculate
- 答 solution
- 管 pipe
- 筋 muscle
- 等 etc.
- 籍 enroll
- 笑 laugh
- 節 node
- 簡 simplicity
- 範 pattern
- 筆 writing brush
- 箱 box
- 簿 register
- 笠 bamboo hat
- 筑 an ancient musical instrument
- 篠 bamboo grass
- 筒 cylinder
- 笹 bamboo grass
- 符 token
- 笛 flute
- 篤 fervent
- 箕 winnowing
- 篇 volume
- 箸 chopsticks
- 篭 seclude oneself
- 篆 seal-style characters
- 笘 whip
- 簗 weir
- 箏 a koto
- 笏 mace
- 竿 pole
- 簑 straw raincoat
- 竺 bamboo
- 笂 quiver
- 笈 backpack bookcase
- 笄 hairpin
- 笆 thorny bamboo
- 笊 bamboo basket
- 笋 bamboo shoot
- 笙 a reed instrument
- 笞 whip
- 笥 lunch box
- 笨 coarse
- 笳 reed flute
- 笵 bamboo frame
- 笶 arrow
- 筅 bamboo whisk for tea-making
- 筈 notch of an arrow
- 筌 fish trap
- 筍 bamboo shoot
- 筏 raft
- 筐 bamboo basket
- 筝 koto
- 筥 round basket
- 筧 waterpipe
- 筬 reed
- 筮 (water) divining equipment
- 筰 bamboo rope
And 58 more.
Words using 竹
- 竹 (たけ) bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
- 竹馬 (たけうま) stilts (for walking)
- 竹中工務店 (たけなかこうむてん) Takenaka Corporation
- 竹製 (たけせい) made of bamboo
- 竹取物語 (たけとりものがたり) Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
- 竹林 (ちくりん) bamboo thicket
- 爆竹 (ばくちく) firecracker
- 竹簡 (ちくかん) bamboo writing strip
- 松竹梅 (しょうちくばい) pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
- 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)
- 竹刀 (しない) bamboo sword (for kendo)
- 竹席 (たかむしろ) bamboo mat
- 竹杷 (さらい) farmer's rake
116 words in all.