Entry
  1. Noun

    Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

    Usually written using kana alonesee マダケ

  2. Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

    see ハチク

Also written 乾竹【からたけ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tree trunk, main part, talent, capability

Kun
みき
On
カン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
364 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

つよし、まさ、もと、えだ、き、くる、たかし、つね、とも、み、もとき、よし、より

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-8-5SKIP code
4c9.8The Kanji Dictionary
4844.1Four corner code
1555deroo
5e79Unicode hex code
1-20-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
790Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1596New Nelson (John Haig)
1718New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1130Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1531Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1654Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1783Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
761A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1938Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9183Morohashi
637A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1189Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1248Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
751sakade
1254Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
667henshall3
770Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1230Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
576Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1669Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan4, han2Pinyin reading
ganKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bamboo

Kun
たけ
On
チク
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
593 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

たか

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
6f0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8822.0Four corner code
2353deroo
7af9Unicode hex code
1-35-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3366Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4246New Nelson (John Haig)
228New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
201Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
937Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1007Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
719A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
247Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
68Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25841Morohashi
170A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113sakade
790Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
71henshall3
59Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1471Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
946Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu2Pinyin reading
jugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level