Kanji Detail for 筇 - "bamboo, cane"

筇

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
筇 means "bamboo, cane."
1. Bamboo - A type of bamboo used for walking sticks.
2. Cane - A bamboo walking stick.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bamboo name; bamboo staff

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a kind of bamboo used to make staffs

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

bamboo staff

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A bamboo name. Also written as 邛. Named after Qiong Prefecture in Sichuan. Can be made into walking sticks. Hence walking sticks are also called 筇. Such as saying 曳筇 (dragging a staff), 扶筇 (leaning on a staff).
Onyomi

ku(く)

kyoh(きょう)
Kunyomi

take(たけ)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

竹 (take・takekammuri)
Related Keywords
bamboo type walking sticks cane stick