Word Meaning 苦竹

くちく kuchiku

苦竹 is read as くちく (kuchiku) and means Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

くちく

Romaji

kuchiku

Writing Variants

苦竹にがたけ nigatake

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 89563 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

苦悩

くのう

(mental) agony

苦境

くきょう

difficult situation

苦虫

にがむし

bitter-tasting bug

苦情調査官

くじょうちょうさかん

ombudsman

苦境に立つ

くきょうにたつ

to be in difficulties

苦無

くない

mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

苦難の行軍

くなんのこうぐん

Arduous March

苦鉄質

くてつしつ

mafic

苦土石灰

くどせっかい

dolomite lime

苦患

くげん

hellish pain

竹

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

爆竹

ばくちく

firecracker

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苦竹財平 Nigatake Zaihei