Kanji

筍

Meaning

bamboo shoot

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • たけのこ むし horse botfly larva
  • たけのこ がい auger shell (Terebra subulata)
  • たけのこ せいかつ selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
  • たかんな

On'yomi

  • せき じゅん stalagmite
  • しゅん かん dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots
  • いん

Practice Writing

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筍 たかんな
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筍 たけのこ
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Component Analysis

筍
bamboo shoot
たけのこ, たかんな, ジュン
竹
bamboo
たけ, チク
旬
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
ジュン, シュン
勹
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
つつ.む, ホウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ

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