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 sasara
    ささら
bamboo whisk; (surname, female given name) Sasara

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dàng
    dang4
tang
(bamboo)

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liáo
    liao2
liao
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times

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diàn
    dian4
tien
 takamushiro
    たかむしろ
fine woven grass mat
bamboo mat

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dēng
    deng1
teng
large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shou / sho
    しょう
xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes
(See 洞簫,排簫) xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
bamboo cane

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    lu4
lu
(bamboo)

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pái
    pai2
p`ai
    pai
bamboo raft


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签[qian1]); visa


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lián
    lian2
lien
 ren
    れん
hanging screen or curtain
(n,ctr) (rare) (See 簾・すだれ・1) bamboo screen; rattan blind; (female given name) Ren

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    ti4
t`i
    ti
long bamboo (for fishing rod)


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tuò
    tuo4
t`o
    to
sheath around joints of bamboo

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
crude bamboo mat


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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets


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duàn
    duan4
tuan
bamboo fish trap

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zuǎn
    zuan3
tsuan
(literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 chimaki
    ちまき
rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves; (surname) Chimaki

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zhào
    zhao4
chao
to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

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lǎn
    lan3
lan
a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net; to dredge with such a tool

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mín
    min2
min
multitude; skin of bamboo

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yán
    yan2
yen
 mushiro
    むしろ
bamboo mat; feast, banquet
(1) woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (2) (archaism) seat; (surname) Mushiro

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kūn
    kun1
k`un
    kun
beautiful jade; bamboo

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zhēng
    zheng1
cheng
 jou / jo
    じょう
to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
(surname) Jō
Twigs; to steam, vapour.

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diào
    diao4
tiao
bamboo basket

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miè
    mie4
mieh
 fukura
    ふくら
to belittle; nothing
(personal name) Fukura
Bamboo splints, or strips.; Without, not; minute, small.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
leather shoes; leather belt; thin bamboo strips


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jiū
    jiu1
chiu
 kuji
    くじ
lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
(kana only) lottery; lot
A lot, tally, ballot, ticket, made of wood, bamboo, or paper; To cast lots for good or ill fortune.

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 eri
    えり
(kana only) fishing weir; fish weir; fish trap; pouch-shaped bamboo fence across river, etc.


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shāo
    shao1
shao
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲[shao1]

す巻

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 sumaki
    すまき
(1) wrapping something in a bamboo mat; (2) wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)

一箪

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 ittan
    いったん
bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

七賢


七贤

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qī xián
    qi1 xian2
ch`i hsien
    chi hsien
 shichiken
    しちけん
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
(七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna.

三篶

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 misuzu
    みすず
(kana only) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

丸竹

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 marutake
    まるたけ
(rare) cut bamboo; (surname) Marutake

乾竹

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 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

八音

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bā yīn
    ba1 yin1
pa yin
 hatton
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹); the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories; music
The eight tones of a Buddha's voice―beautiful, flexible, harmonious, respect-producing, not effeminate (i.e. manly), unerring, deep and resonant.

冬筍


冬笋

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dōng sǔn
    dong1 sun3
tung sun
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)

割竹

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 waridake
    わりだけ
    waritake
    わりたけ
(1) split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; (2) noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

半挿

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 hanzou / hanzo
    はんぞう
    hanizou / hanizo
    はにぞう
    hanisou / haniso
    はにそう
    hazou / hazo
    はぞう
    hasou / haso
    はそう
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; (2) basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands; (1) wide-mouthed ceramic vessel having a small hole in its spherical base (into which bamboo was probably inserted to pour liquids); (2) teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids

南天

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nán tiān
    nan2 tian1
nan t`ien
    nan tien
 nanten; nanten
    なんてん; ナンテン
(1) (See 北天) southern sky; (2) (kana only) heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina; (female given name) Misora
(南天竺) Southern India.

占筮

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 senzei / senze
    せんぜい
(noun, transitive verb) (See 筮竹) divination (using bamboo divination sticks)

呉竹

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 kuretake; kuretake
    くれたけ; クレタケ
(kana only) (See ハチク) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis); (place-name, surname) Kuretake

唐傘

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 karakasa
    からかさ
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-paper umbrella parasol; (place-name) Karakasa

唐竹

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 touchiku; touchiku / tochiku; tochiku
    とうちく; トウチク
(kana only) Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo; (place-name) Karadake

回籠


回笼

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huí lóng
    hui2 long2
hui lung
to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer; to withdraw currency from circulation

女竹

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 medake
    めだけ
(kana only) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

姫皮

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 himekawa
    ひめかわ
(See 絹皮・きぬかわ) thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot

孟宗

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 mousou / moso
    もうそう
(abbreviation) (See 孟宗竹) moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); (personal name) Mousou

寒竹

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 kanchiku; kanchiku
    かんちく; カンチク
(kana only) marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea); (surname) Samutake

小竹

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 shino
    しの
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.); (surname, female given name) Shino

小舞

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 komai
    こまい
(1) laths; bamboo lathing; (2) short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment; (surname) Komai

川竹

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 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

幹竹

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 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

幽篁

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 yuukou / yuko
    ゆうこう
(rare) deep and quiet bamboo grove

床笫

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chuáng zǐ
    chuang2 zi3
ch`uang tzu
    chuang tzu
bed and bamboo sleeping mat; (fig.) bed as a place for intimacy

弁慶

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 benkei / benke
    べんけい
(1) strong person; person putting on a brave front; (2) bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); (3) (abbreviation) checks; plaid; checked pattern; (surname, given name) Benkei

弱竹

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 nayotake
    なよたけ
    nayutake
    なゆたけ
(1) (kana only) (obscure) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (2) any thin, but flexible bamboo

御簾

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 misu; gyoren
    みす; ぎょれん
(honorific or respectful language) (polite language) bamboo blind; (surname) Misu

排簫


排箫

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pái xiāo
    pai2 xiao1
p`ai hsiao
    pai hsiao
 haishou / haisho
    はいしょう
see 簫|箫[xiao1]
(hist) paixiao (ancient Chinese bamboo panpipes)

揚枝

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 ageeda
    あげえだ
(irregular kanji usage) toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.); (surname) Ageeda

撓う

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 shinau
    しなう
(v5u,vi) (1) (kana only) to bend; to warp; to yield; (v5u,vi) (2) (kana only) (See しなやか・1) to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

撓る

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 shinaru; shiwaru
    しなる; しわる
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) (See 撓う・1) to bend; to warp; to yield; (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) (See しなやか・1,撓う・2) to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

擲筊


掷筊

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zhì jiǎo
    zhi4 jiao3
chih chiao
poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer

斑竹

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bān zhú
    ban1 zhu2
pan chu
mottled bamboo

斗笠

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dǒu lì
    dou3 li4
tou li
conical bamboo hat

斗筲

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dǒu shāo
    dou3 shao1
tou shao
an ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness

新巻

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 shinmaki
    しんまき
salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves; (place-name) Shinmaki

方竹

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 houchiku / hochiku
    ほうちく
(See 四方竹) type of bamboo

旗頭

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 hatagashira
    はたがしら
(1) leader; boss; (2) upper part of a flag; (3) (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

春筍


春笋

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chūn sǔn
    chun1 sun3
ch`un sun
    chun sun
springtime bamboo shoots; fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate

木舞

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 komai
    こまい
laths; bamboo lathing

杓子

see styles
sháo zi
    shao2 zi5
shao tzu
 shakushi
    しゃくし
scoop
bamboo ladle; (surname) Shakushi

杖林

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zhàng lín
    zhang4 lin2
chang lin
 Jōrin
Yaṣṭivana, 洩瑟知林; the forest in which a Brahman tried to measure Buddha's height with a 16 ft. bamboo pole, but the more he measured the higher the body became; another part of the legend is that the forest grew from the bamboo which he left behind in chagrin.

板子

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bǎn zi
    ban3 zi5
pan tzu
 itago
    いたご
board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
ship plank; (personal name) Itago

柵子


栅子

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zhà zi
    zha4 zi5
cha tzu
bamboo fence

根笹

see styles
 nezasa
    ねざさ
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan); (surname) Nezasa

桟竹

see styles
 etsuridake
    えつりだけ
(1) (See 桟・えつり) sheathing (under thatched roofing); (2) decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)

棕葉


棕叶

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zòng yè
    zong4 ye4
tsung yeh
leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap 粽子[zong4 zi5] sticky rice dumplings

棧車


栈车

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zhàn chē
    zhan4 che1
chan ch`e
    chan che
ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo; CL:輛|辆[liang4]

楊子

see styles
 youzu / yozu
    ようず
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.); (place-name) Yōzu

楊枝


杨枝

see styles
yáng zhī
    yang2 zhi1
yang chih
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.); (place-name, surname) Yōji
Willow branches, or twigs, used as dantakāṣṭha, i.e. for cleansing the teeth by chewing or rubbing.

毛竹

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máo zhú
    mao2 zhu2
mao chu
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc

氣籠


气笼

see styles
qì lóng
    qi4 long2
ch`i lung
    chi lung
air pipe; bamboo air pipe used to aerate granary

水筲

see styles
shuǐ shāo
    shui3 shao1
shui shao
well bucket; pail made of bamboo strips

水篶

see styles
 misuzu
    みすず
(kana only) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

求籤

see styles
qiú qiān
    qiu2 qian1
ch`iu ch`ien
    chiu chien
 gusen
divination with bamboo sticks

河竹

see styles
 kawatake
    かわたけ
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake

法竹

see styles
 hocchiku
    ほっちく
type of open-ended bamboo flute

洞簫

see styles
 doushou / dosho
    どうしょう
dongxiao (Chinese bamboo flute similar to a shakuhachi)

涼席


凉席

see styles
liáng xí
    liang2 xi2
liang hsi
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo); CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3]

淡竹

see styles
 hachiku; hachiku
    はちく; ハチク
(kana only) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

添水

see styles
 souzu / sozu
    そうず
water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

清笛

see styles
 shinteki
    しんてき
bamboo flute used in Qing music

湯立

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 yudate
    ゆだて
(irregular okurigana usage) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health); (place-name) Yudate

滑竿

see styles
huá gān
    hua2 gan1
hua kan
a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles

漁鼓


渔鼓

see styles
yú gǔ
    yu2 gu3
yü ku
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)

漢竹

see styles
 kanchiku
    かんちく
    karatake
    からたけ
(archaism) Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)

漢簡


汉简

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hàn jiǎn
    han4 jian3
han chien
bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty

炊帚

see styles
chuī zhou
    chui1 zhou5
ch`ui chou
    chui chou
pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips

烘籠


烘笼

see styles
hōng lóng
    hong1 long2
hung lung
bamboo drying frame

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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