竹
Meanings
Noun
1. bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
たけ
Used in vocabulary
割竹
split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
Noun
割竹
split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
Noun
竹槍戦術
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
Noun
Examples6
林
Bamboo stands out in the woods.
庭
There's bamboo growing in the garden.
厳密に言えば、
Strictly speaking, bamboo is a kind of grass.
竹
The bamboo is bending with the weight of the snow.
竹
Bamboo bends before the wind.
その
The bamboo gave but did not break.