竹
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Translingual
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Han character
竹 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹 (H), four-corner 88220, composition ⿰亇亇)
- Kangxi radical #118, ⽵.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/竹
- 𪠿, 𬳕, 𢎉, 𫇸
References
- KangXi: page 877, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25841
- Dae Jaweon: page 1305, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2947, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7AF9
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 竹 |
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Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Old Chinese | |
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竺 | *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ |
篤 | *tuːɡ |
竹 | *tuɡ |
筑 | *tuɡ, *duɡ |
築 | *tuɡ |
茿 | *tuɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – two bamboo stalks, with leaves. Earlier forms resembled 个 + 个, current form resembles rather ケ + ケ.
Etymology
Compare Proto-Tai *b.twuːkᴰ (“bamboo strip for tying or weaving”), whence Thai ตอก (dtɔ̀ɔk, “bamboo strip”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
竹
- (~亞科) bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆/辘 c)
- 竹子 ― zhúzi ― bamboo
- (music) musical instrument made of bamboo
- a surname: Zhu
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 竹, 篁 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 竹子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 竹子 |
Taiwan | 竹子 | |
Harbin | 竹子 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 竹子 | |
Jinan | 竹子 | |
Luoyang | 竹子 | |
Wanrong | 竹子 | |
Xi'an | 竹子 | |
Yinchuan | 竹子 | |
Xining | 竹子 | |
Ürümqi | 竹子 | |
Wuhan | 竹子 | |
Chengdu | 竹子 | |
Guiyang | 竹子 | |
Guilin | 竹子 | |
Liuzhou | 竹子 | |
Xuzhou | 竹子 | |
Yangzhou | 竹子 | |
Nanjing | 竹子 | |
Hefei | 竹子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 竹, 竹樹 plant |
Hong Kong | 竹, 竹樹 plant | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 竹 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 竹 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 竹 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 竹 | |
Macau | 竹 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 竹 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 竹 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 竹 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 竹 | |
Foshan | 竹 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 竹 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 竹 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 竹 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 竹 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 竹 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 竹 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 竹 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 竹 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 竹 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 竹 | |
Taishan | 竹 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 竹 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 竹 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 竹 | |
Dongguan | 竹 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 竹 | |
Yangjiang | 竹 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 竹 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 竹子 |
Lichuan | 竹仔 | |
Pingxiang | 竹子 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 竹仔, 竹 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 竹 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 竹 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 竹 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 竹 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 竹 | |
Yudu | 竹子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 竹仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 竹仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 竹仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 竹 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 竹仔, 竹 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 竹 | |
Hong Kong | 竹 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 竹仔 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 竹 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 竹子 |
Xinzhou | 竹子 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 竹 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 竹 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 竹, 竹仔 |
Taipei | 竹 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 竹 | |
Kaohsiung | 竹仔 | |
Yilan | 竹 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 竹 | |
Taichung | 竹仔 | |
Tainan | 竹 | |
Hsinchu | 竹仔 | |
Kinmen | 竹 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 竹 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 竹 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 竹 | |
Chaozhou | 竹 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 竹 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 竹 | |
Leizhou | 竹 | |
Haikou | 竹 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 竹 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 竹, 竹根 |
Wu | Shanghai | 竹頭 |
Suzhou | 竹頭 | |
Danyang | 竹子 | |
Hangzhou | 竹頭 | |
Ningbo | 竹, 竹頭 | |
Wenzhou | 竹 | |
Jinhua | 竹兒 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 竹子 |
Shuangfeng | 竹子, 竹 |
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- bamboo
Readings
- Go-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)
- Tō-on: しつ (shitsu)
- Kun: たけ (take, 竹, Jōyō)
- Nanori: たか (taka)
Compounds
- 真竹 (madake) timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
- 孟宗竹 (mōsōchiku) moso bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens
- 淡竹 (hachiku) henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)
- 松竹梅 (shōchikubai): An arrangement of pines (松, matsu), bamboo (竹, take), and plum blossoms (梅, ume).
- 竹蜻蛉 (taketonbo): a bamboo dragonfly/bamboo-copter; a toy
- 緑竹 (ryokuchiku): lush green bamboo
- 竹簡 (chikukan)
- 竹馬 (takeuma)
- 竹林 (chikurin)
- 竹薮 (takayabu)
- 竹刀 (shinai)
- 糸竹 (shichiku)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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竹 |
たけ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *takay.
Theories on derivation include:[1][2]
- From 長生 (takeou) or 高生 (takahae), in reference to the speed at which bamboo grows.
- Cognate with 高 (taka), 長 (take), 丈 (take) "height".
- From 高景 (takakake) or つらこえ (tsurakoe).
- From ta meaning "tall" (高い (takai)) + ke, ancient form of 木 (ki, “tree”).
- A contraction of 痛快茎延へ (itakukihae), referring to the speed at which bamboo grows.
- Ta is from Korean 대 (dae, “bamboo”) (see also 대나무 (daenamu, “bamboo”, literally “bamboo tree”)), while ke is an ancient form of 木 (ki).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たけ [tàké] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
- IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞]
Noun
竹 • (take)
- bamboo
- 『竹取物語』
- “Taketori Monogatari”
- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
- 『竹取物語』
- the middle of a 3-tier ranking system
Coordinate terms
- (rank):
- 松 (matsu): pine, the highest rank
- 梅 (ume): apricot, the lowest rank
References
- “タケ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- “竹”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 竹 (MC ʈɨuk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 듁〮 (tyúk) (Yale: tyuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource竹 (eumhun 대나무 죽 (daenamu juk))
- Hanja form? of 죽 (“bamboo”).
Compounds
- 폭죽 (爆竹, pokjuk, “firecracker; firework”)
- 송죽 (松竹, songjuk, “pine tree and bamboo”)
- 죽순 (竹筍, juksun, “bamboo shoot”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
竹: Hán Nôm readings: trúc
- (Sino-Vietnamese) bamboo
- any bamboo species of phyllostachys