竹
チク
たけ
bamboo
Words
松竹梅
しょうちくばい
- pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping) n
- high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) n
さお竹
さおだけ
- bamboo pole n
幹竹割り
からたけわり
- cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two n
割竹
わりだけ わりたけ
- split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split n
- noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period) n