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竹 is the character that means bamboo in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
In Asian cultures, bamboo is often seen as a symbol of a noble gentleman (tall, straight, and honest).
There are also some multi-character bamboo words that regard individual bamboo plants, species of bamboo, bamboo as lumber, and edible bamboo shoots. However, this single character seems most appropriate for a wall scroll and covers the whole category of Asian bamboo.
月竹 is the title, “Bamboo Moon” - Technically, it's in the order of “moon bamboo,” but that's the most natural order in Chinese and Japanese.
With a little research, I found this title has been used as the name of a linen company, a band, a song title, an actual person's name, the title for a piece of artwork featuring bamboo with a moon in the background, and a few other things. I added it here because many people searched for “bamboo moon” on my website, so here it is for you.
The typical Japanese pronunciation would probably be "tsu-ki ta-ke." However, this would not be the only possible pronunciation in Japanese (especially if used as a given name).
Innocent Children's Games
青梅竹馬 means “green plums and hobby-horse.”
Figuratively, it means “innocent children's games,” “childhood sweethearts,” or “a couple who grew up as childhood friends.”
This phrase may sound a little strange as it's a kind of Chinese proverb or idiom. It makes much more sense in Chinese than in English.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 竹 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
竹田 see styles |
zhú tián zhu2 tian2 chu t`ien chu tien chikuden ちくでん |
More info & calligraphy: Takeda(personal name) Chikuden |
青梅竹馬 青梅竹马 see styles |
qīng méi zhú mǎ qing1 mei2 zhu2 ma3 ch`ing mei chu ma ching mei chu ma |
More info & calligraphy: Green Plum and Bamboo Horse |
一竹 see styles |
icchiku いっちく |
(given name) Icchiku |
七竹 see styles |
nanatake ななたけ |
(surname) Nanatake |
三竹 see styles |
mitake みたけ |
(place-name, surname) Mitake |
上竹 see styles |
joutake / jotake じょうたけ |
(place-name) Jōtake |
下竹 see styles |
shimodake しもだけ |
(place-name) Shimodake |
両竹 see styles |
morotake もろたけ |
(place-name) Morotake |
中竹 see styles |
nakatake なかたけ |
(surname) Nakatake |
丸竹 see styles |
marutake まるたけ |
(rare) cut bamboo; (surname) Marutake |
久竹 see styles |
hisatake ひさたけ |
(surname) Hisatake |
乗竹 see styles |
noritake のりたけ |
(place-name, surname) Noritake |
乘竹 see styles |
noritake のりたけ |
(surname) Noritake |
乙竹 see styles |
ototake おとたけ |
(surname) Ototake |
乾竹 see styles |
karatake からたけ |
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
亀竹 see styles |
kametake かめたけ |
(surname) Kametake |
井竹 see styles |
itake いたけ |
(surname) Itake |
京竹 see styles |
kyoutake / kyotake きょうたけ |
(surname) Kyōtake |
今竹 see styles |
imadake いまだけ |
(personal name) Imadake |
仙竹 see styles |
senchiku せんちく |
(given name) Senchiku |
伊竹 see styles |
itake いたけ |
(surname) Itake |
伏竹 see styles |
fuchiku ふちく |
(given name) Fuchiku |
伸竹 see styles |
nobutake のぶたけ |
(personal name) Nobutake |
佐竹 see styles |
tasake たさけ |
(surname) Tasake |
保竹 see styles |
yasutake やすたけ |
(surname) Yasutake |
信竹 see styles |
nobutake のぶたけ |
(given name) Nobutake |
倉竹 see styles |
kuratake くらたけ |
(surname) Kuratake |
八竹 see styles |
yachiku やちく |
(surname) Yachiku |
其竹 see styles |
sonotake そのたけ |
(surname) Sonotake |
兼竹 see styles |
kanetake かねたけ |
(surname) Kanetake |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Bamboo | 竹 | take | zhú / zhu2 / zhu | chu |
Bamboo Moon | 月竹 | tsuki take / tsukitake | yuè zhú / yue4 zhu2 / yue zhu / yuezhu | yüeh chu / yüehchu |
Takeda | 竹田 | takeda | zhú tián / zhu2 tian2 / zhu tian / zhutian | chu t`ien / chutien / chu tien |
Green Plum and Bamboo Horse | 青梅竹馬 青梅竹马 | qīng méi zhú mǎ qing1 mei2 zhu2 ma3 qing mei zhu ma qingmeizhuma | ch`ing mei chu ma chingmeichuma ching mei chu ma |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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