Word Meaning 苦竹

にがたけ nigatake

苦竹 is read as にがたけ (nigatake) and means Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii).

Meaning

English

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides)
giant timber bamboo
madake

Reading

Kana

にがたけ

Romaji

nigatake

Writing Variants

苦竹くちく kuchiku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 90587 Priority O

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difficult situation

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にがむし

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ombudsman

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くきょうにたつ

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苦無

くない

mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

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くなんのこうぐん

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苦患

くげん

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竹

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

爆竹

ばくちく

firecracker