Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

593 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: bamboo

Kunyomi: たけ

Onyomi: チク

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たけ

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

林(ちくりん)   bamboo thicket

馬の友(ちくばのとも)   childhood friend

(たけ)   bamboo

の子(たけのこ)   bamboo shoot

馬(たけうま)   stilts, bamboo horse

細工(たけざいく)   bamboo working/crafting

Onyomi Examples

チクリン bamboo thicket, bamboo grove

タケウマ stilts (for walking), hobby horse

バクチク firecracker

ハチク breaking bamboo

Kunyomi Examples

たけ bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae), middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

たけうま stilts (for walking), hobby horse

ふえたけ bamboo flute, bamboo for making flutes, wind and string instruments

にがたけ Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides), giant timber bamboo, madake, Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)