竹 – bamboo

6 strokesTaught in grade 1#593 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 竹 means bamboo. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チク (chiku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たけ (take). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チク	chiku
Kun’yomi	たけ	take

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 乞.

Words using 竹

竹たけbamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

Example sentences

林に竹が目立つ。

Bamboo stands out in the woods.

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Kanji with the same radical

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