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Kanji Detail for 竹 - "bamboo, flexible, resilient"
竹
- Meaning
竹 means "bamboo, flexible, resilient."
Bamboo - A perennial grass plant of the family Poaceae.
Wind instrument - Musical instruments made of bamboo; one of the eight sounds.
Bamboo tablet - Books written on bamboo slips.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
bamboo
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bamboo; flute
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A perennial plant. There are many varieties. Tall ones are four to five zhang. Round and straight. Hollow inside with nodes. Firm and pliable. Can be made into various implements. Leaves are shaped like arrowheads. With parallel veins. In spring, shoots sprout from the roots to become bamboo shoots. When tender, they are eaten. | Ancients wrote characters on bamboo slips. Hence used as a term for books. Such as saying "name passed down on bamboo and silk." This is it. | One of the eight sounds. Musical instruments like flutes and pipes. Made from bamboo.
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