bamboo

Radicals

Common words

• 竹林【ちくりん】
  bamboo thicket, bamboo grove
• 竹刀【しない】
  bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
• 爆竹【ばくちく】
  firecracker
• 青竹【あおだけ】
  green bamboo
• 竹馬【たけうま】
  stilts (for walking), hobby horse
• 竹細工【たけざいく】
  bamboo work, bamboo ware
• 竹の子【たけのこ】
  bamboo shoot, inexperienced doctor, quack
• 破竹【はちく】
  breaking bamboo
• 松竹梅【しょうちくばい】
  pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)