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竹 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
チクちく · chiku
Kun
たけtake
Meaning
bamboo

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo stalks and leaves.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチクちくchiku竹林ちくりん竹馬の友ちくばのとも爆竹ばくちく
Kunたけtake竹たけ竹やぶたけやぶさお竹さおだけ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 竹たけ

    bamboo

  • 竹林ちくりん

    bamboo grove

More words with this kanji

  • 篠竹しのだけ
  • 竹簡ちくかん
  • 夾竹桃きょうちくとう
  • 竹笆ちくは
  • 筮竹ぜいちく
  • 竹索ちくさく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

竹(たけ)が たかく のびます。

The bamboo grows tall.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

竹林竹林woods竺thick竿pole竽an anc…笈backpa…笆a bamb…畜livest…逐pursue舳the pr…筑ancien…蓄store…
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Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading チクAll maps

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