Word Meaning 竹馬

ちくば chikuba

竹馬 is read as ちくば (chikuba) and means hobby horse.

Meaning

English

hobby horse
stilts (for walking)

Reading

Kana

ちくば

Romaji

chikuba

Writing Variants

竹馬たけうま takeuma

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 8651 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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竹馬に乗る

たけうまにのる

to walk on stilts

竹馬の友

ちくばのとも

childhood friend

竹

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

竹林

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

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

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