Historical Evolution
竹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
竹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
竹
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
竹
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
竹
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
竹
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
竹
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
竹
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
竹
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
竹
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
竹
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
竹
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
竹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
竹 [zhú]
bamboo; CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]; Kangxi radical 118
Japanese
noun
- bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
- middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
竹 たけ
Take place namesurnamefemale given name
竹 たけさき
Takesaki surname
竹 たけざき
Takezaki surname
竹 たけすえ
Takesue unclassified name
竹 たけたか
Taketaka surname
竹 たけはな
Takehana unclassified name
竹 たけまつ
Takematsu unclassified name
竹 ちくさき
Chikusaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (178)
竹子 [zhúzi] #14,118
bamboo
爆竹 [bàozhú] #22,110
firecracker
青梅竹马 [qīngméizhúmǎ] #21,206
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
青梅竹马 [qīngméizhúmǎ] #21,206
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
胸有成竹 [xiōngyǒuchéngzhú] #21,996
to plan in advance (idiom)
竹林 [zhúlín] #37,574
bamboo forest
竹筒 [zhútǒng] #36,028
bamboo tube
毛竹 [máozhú] #48,388
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
竹笋 [zhúsǔn] #56,155
bamboo shoot
竹笋 [zhúsǔn] #56,155
bamboo shoot
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JAPANESE WORDS (150)
⭐ 笹 [ささ] #17,846
bamboo grass
⭐ 竹刀 [しない] #20,451
bamboo sword (for kendo)
⭐ 竹林 [ちくりん] #27,930
bamboo thicket
篠 [しの] #31,473
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
しっぺ返し [しっぺがえし] #38,563
returning tit for tat
⭐ 爆竹 [ばくちく] #40,658
firecracker
竹やぶ [たけやぶ] #42,516
bamboo grove
竹筒 [たけづつ] #43,403
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways
竹槍 [たけやり] #49,239
bamboo spear
破竹の勢い [はちくのいきおい] #50,816
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick)
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