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竹: bamboo
bamboo
6 strokesElementary · Grade 1 (10級)in 22 words here
Readings
On
チク
Kunたけ
Alone it is たけ. ちく in compounds: 竹林（ちくりん）. 竹刀（しない, a kendo sword） is a special reading.
Stroke order · 6 strokes
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Key words
竹たけbamboo
竹林ちくりんbamboo grove
竹刀しないbamboo practice sword
竹馬たけうまstilts
爆竹ばくちくfirecracker
Example sentences
パンダは竹の葉を食べます。
Pandas eat bamboo leaves.
竹林の中は風が通って、すずしいです。
Inside the bamboo grove the wind passes through and it is cool.
兄は剣道部で、毎日竹刀をふっています。
My brother is in the kendo club and swings a bamboo sword every day.