Word Meaning 竹炭

たけずみ takezumi

竹炭 is read as たけずみ (takezumi) and means bamboo charcoal.

Meaning

English

bamboo charcoal

Reading

Kana

たけずみ

Romaji

takezumi

Writing Variants

竹炭たけすみ takesumi
竹炭ちくたん chikutan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 125685 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

竹

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

竹林

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

竹馬

ちくば

hobby horse

竹の子

たけのこ

bamboo shoot

竹細工

たけざいく

bamboo work

竹島問題

たけしまもんだい

Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

竹取物語

たけとりものがたり

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

竹夫人

ちくふじん

bamboo wife

竹の子にょっき

たけのこにょっき

takenoko nyokki

竹中工務店

たけなかこうむてん

Takenaka Corporation

竹の子族

たけのこぞく

Takenoko Tribe

竹の園生

たけのそのう

bamboo garden

Example Sentences

「何、この真っ黒けのパン」「それ、竹炭が入ってるんだって。珍しいから買ってみたんだ」

"Why on earth is this bread pitch black?" "Because it has bamboo charcoal in it. I bought it because I thought it was unusual."