竹 — bamboo

Grade 1 kanji · 6 strokes · on'yomi chiku · kun'yomi take.

Two bamboo stalks with leaves — symmetrical shoots growing side by side.

Example words

• 竹 — take — bamboo
• 竹林 — chikurin — bamboo grove

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