竹
bamboo
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:6
JLPT:2
Frequency:593
Vocabulary
チク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爆竹 | バクチク | firecracker |
| 松竹梅 | ショウチクバイ | pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) |
| 竹刀 | チクトウ | bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword |
| 竹馬 | チクバ | stilts (for walking); hobby horse |
| 竹林 | チクリン | bamboo thicket; bamboo grove |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竹 | たけ | bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 竹 | タケ | bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system) |
| 小竹 | ささ | bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.) |
| 竹細工 | たけざいく | bamboo work; bamboo ware |
| 竹刀 | しない | bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
利
advantage, benefit, profit
Grade 4JLPT 3
何
what
Grade 2JLPT 5
句
clause, counter for haiku, paragraph, passage, phrase, sentence
Grade 5JLPT 1
占
divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take
Grade 8JLPT 2
右
right
Grade 1JLPT 5
奇
curiosity, strange, strangeness
Grade 8JLPT 1
仲
go-between, relationship
Grade 4JLPT 2
刈
clip, cut, prune, reap, trim
Grade 8JLPT 1
可
can, do not, mustn't, passable, should not
Grade 5JLPT N/A
化
-ization, change, delude, enchant, influence, take the form of
Grade 3JLPT 3