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呉竹 (kuretake, gochiku): a shoot of henon bamboo.

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
くれ
Grade: S
たけ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
吳竹 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (kure, Chinese, from China) +‎ (take, bamboo).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(くれ)(たけ) (kuretake

  1. alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ちく
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
吳竹 (kyūjitai)

The on'yomi of kuretaka above.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

()(ちく) (gochiku

  1. alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)
Usage notes edit

This reading is much less common.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN