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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan
A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.

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suǒ
    suo3
so
 soo; sou / soo; so
    ソー; ソウ

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Soe
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
(counter) {mahj} counter for bamboo tiles; (given name) Saku
Cord; to extort, express; the cord or noose of Guanyin by which she binds the good; the cord of the vajra-king by which he binds the evil; translit. sa.

えり

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 eri
    エリ

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Eri
(kana only) fishing weir; fish weir; fish trap; pouch-shaped bamboo fence across river, etc.; (female given name) Eri; Eli; Elie

剣道

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 kendou / kendo
    けんどう

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Kendo / The Way of the Sword
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords; (surname) Kendō

君子

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jun zǐ
    jun1 zi3
chün tzu
 kunshi
    くんし

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Nobleman
nobleman; person of noble character
(1) man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman; (2) person of high rank; (3) (See 四君子) the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo); (female given name) Kunshi
superior man

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zhú
    zhu2
chu
 take(p); take
    たけ(P); タケ
bamboo; CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]; Kangxi radical 118
(1) bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); (2) (See 梅・うめ・2,松・まつ・2) middle (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Chikusaki

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zhào
    zhao4
chao
 zaru; zaru
    ざる; ザル
loosely woven bamboo ladle
(1) (kana only) draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve; (2) (kana only) (See ざる法,ざる碁) something full of holes; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) {food} (See ざる蕎麦) zaru soba; (4) (colloquialism) (kana only) strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish; (surname) Zaru

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quán
    quan2
ch`üan
    chüan
 ue; uke; sen; age(ok)
    うえ; うけ; せん; あげ(ok)
bamboo fish trap
cylindrical bamboo fishing basket
A bamboo fishing-trap.


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sǔn
    sun3
sun
 takouna / takona
    たこうな
    takenoko
    たけのこ
    takanna
    たかんな
    takamuna
    たかむな
bamboo shoot
(1) (kana only) bamboo shoot; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) inexperienced doctor; quack; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) bamboo shoot

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xiǎo
    xiao3
hsiao
 shino; shinu
    しの; しぬ
dwarf bamboo
(1) (See 篠竹・しのだけ) thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); (2) (しの only) (abbreviation) (See 篠笛) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); (3) (しの only) sliver (strand of loose fibers); (personal name) Tsuguo

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yān
    yan1
yen
 suzu
    すず
black bamboo
(1) (archaism) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); (2) shoots of this plant


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 higo
    ひご
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
(kana only) thin strip of bamboo
lot

尺八

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chǐ bā
    chi3 ba1
ch`ih pa
    chih pa
 shakuhachi
    しゃくはち
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
(1) shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; (2) (slang) (vulgar) blow job; fellatio

竹刀

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zhú dāo
    zhu2 dao1
chu tao
 shinai
    しない
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
{MA} bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

竹器

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zhú qì
    zhu2 qi4
chu ch`i
    chu chi
 chikki
    ちっき
utensil made of bamboo
bamboo ware

竹林

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zhú lín
    zhu2 lin2
chu lin
 chikurin(p); takebayashi
    ちくりん(P); たけばやし
bamboo forest
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove; (surname) Chikurin
(竹林精舍 or竹林寺); 竹林園; 竹林苑 Veṇuvana, 'bamboo-grove,' a park called Karaṇḍaveṇuvana, near Rājagṛha, made by Bimbisāra for a group of ascetics, later given by him to Śākyamuni (Eitel), but another version says by the elder Karaṇḍa, who built there a vihāra for him.

竹竿

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zhú gān
    zhu2 gan1
chu kan
 takezao
    たけざお
bamboo; bamboo pole
bamboo pole

竹筒

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zhú tǒng
    zhu2 tong3
chu t`ung
    chu tung
 takezutsu
    たけづつ
bamboo tube; bamboo pipe
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder; (place-name) Taketou

竹篦

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zhú bì
    zhu2 bi4
chu pi
 chikuhei
    しっぺい
bamboo comb
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (Buddhist term) bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); (2) (kana only) striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
bamboo clapper

竹簡


竹简

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zhú jiǎn
    zhu2 jian3
chu chien
 chikukan
    ちくかん
bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
bamboo writing strip

竹籤


竹签

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zhú qiān
    zhu2 qian1
chu ch`ien
    chu chien
 takehigo
    たけひご
bamboo skewer; bamboo slip used in divination or gambling
thin strip of bamboo

竹製


竹制

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zhú zhì
    zhu2 zhi4
chu chih
 takesei / takese
    たけせい
made of bamboo
(noun - becomes adjective with の) made of bamboo

笛子

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dí zi
    di2 zi5
ti tzu
 tekishi
    てきし
bamboo flute; CL:管[guan3]
{music} dizi; Chinese bamboo transverse flute; (female given name) Fueko

箭竹

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jiàn zhú
    jian4 zhu2
chien chu
 yadake
    やだけ
bamboo (genus Fargesia)
(1) bamboo arrow shaft; (2) (kana only) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica); (surname) Yadake

苦竹

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kǔ zhú
    ku3 zhu2
k`u chu
    ku chu
 nigatake; kuchiku
    にがたけ; くちく
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
(1) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (にがたけ only) (See 女竹) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (place-name) Nigadake

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suǎn
    suan3
suan
bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times; bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times

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biǎn
    bian3
pien
horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall; shallow round woven bamboo basket

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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc)

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    bi4
pi
weapon handle of bamboo strips

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guàng
    guang4
kuang
woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
bamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout; same as 筧|笕


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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 kakebashi
    かけばし
a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse; (computing) stack
(surname) Kakebashi

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jiàn
    jian4
chien
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)

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chá
    cha2
ch`a
    cha
a raft made of bamboo or wood; to fell trees; to hew

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shū
    shu1
shu
 shiyu
    しゆ
bamboo or wooden spear; Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc
kanji radical 79 at right; (surname) Shiyu

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shàn
    shan4
shan
bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2]


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pán
    pan2
p`an
    pan
classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc; slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)

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běn
    ben3
pen
 fugo; mokko; mokkou; ishimi / fugo; mokko; mokko; ishimi
    ふご; もっこ; もっこう; いしみ
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

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    ba1
pa
 magaki
    まがき
an article made of bamboo strips; fence
(1) (archaism) short roughly woven fence; (2) divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.; (surname) Magaki

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qǐn
    qin3
ch`in
    chin
smiling countenance; bamboo rope

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 takanna
    たかんな
(1) (kana only) bamboo shoot; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) inexperienced doctor; quack; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) bamboo shoot; (place-name) Takanna

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
bamboo with black patches

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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 shou; sou / sho; so
    しょう; そう
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music; (female given name) Shouno

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chī
    chi1
ch`ih
    chih
 chi
    ち
to whip with bamboo strips
(hist) (See 五刑・2) caning (10-50 strokes; least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

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    li4
li
 kasa
    かさ
bamboo rain hat
(1) conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; (2) (See 傘・かさ・2) something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus; (personal name) Riyū

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    si4
ssu
 ke
    け
square bamboo container for food or clothing
(archaism) container (esp. for food)

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    da2
ta
rough bamboo mat

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    zi3
tzu
bamboo mat; bed mat

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líng
    ling2
ling
bamboo screen

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    nu2
nu
 do
    ど
(literary) birdcage; (used in place names)
(See 筌) cylindrical bamboo fishing basket

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fàn
    fan4
fan
bamboo mold

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 sasazaki
    ささざき
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.); (surname) Sasazaki

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guì
    gui4
kuei
bamboo (archaic)

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yīn
    yin1
yin
a kind of bamboo; old variant of 茵[yin1]

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xiǎn
    xian3
hsien
 sen
    せん
bamboo brush for utensils
(surname) Sen

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qióng
    qiong2
ch`iung
    chiung
(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff

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    ru2
ju
thin outside skin of bamboo

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kuāng
    kuang1
k`uang
    kuang
 shou / sho
    しょう
basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
(1) box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (colloquialism) public building; community building; (5) (archaism) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (6) (archaism) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) (7) counter for boxes (or boxed objects); (archaism) fine-meshed bamboo basket; (personal name) Shou

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tǒng
    tong3
t`ung
    tung
 pin
    ピン
tube; cylinder; to encase in something cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
(counter) {mahj} counter for dot tiles; (surname) Tsutsusaki
bamboo tube

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    da2
ta
 
    こたえ
to answer; to reply; to respond
answer; reply; response; solution
A bamboo hawser, to draw out, to respond, reply, return thanks.

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    ce4
ts`e
    tse
 saku
    さく
policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
(n,n-suf) (1) plan; policy; means; measure; stratagem; scheme; (2) (See 永字八法) fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick; (male given name) Hakaru
A treatise, book, memo, tablet, card; a plan, scheme; question; whip; etc.

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yún
    yun2
yün
 in
skin of bamboo
bamboo

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    pa2
p`a
    pa
bamboo rake

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láng
    lang2
lang
young bamboo

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    ju3
chü
 hakozaki
    はこざき
round bamboo basket
(1) box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (colloquialism) public building; community building; (5) (archaism) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (6) (archaism) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) (7) counter for boxes (or boxed objects); (surname) Hakozaki


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 ken
    けん
bamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
open water pipe; conduit; (surname) Ken

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xiǎo
    xiao3
hsiao
 shino
    しの
dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
(surname) Shino

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tíng
    ting2
t`ing
    ting
bamboo pole; spindle

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yán
    yan2
yen
 mushiro
    むしろ
    en
    えん
bamboo mat for sitting
(1) woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (2) (archaism) seat

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 kobako
    こばこ
(archaism) fine-meshed bamboo basket; (personal name) Kobako

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lái
    lai2
lai
(bamboo)

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    bi4
pi
(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food

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 mineo
    みねお
spatula; (1) (archaism) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (archaism) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica); (personal name) Mineo

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    yu1
bamboo with thin; wide leaves


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jiān
    jian1
chien
 sen
    せん
letter; note-paper
(1) slip (of paper); (2) tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
A tablet, slip.

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
bamboo flute with 8 holes

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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow

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    bo2
po
 haku
    はく
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper
(1) foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; (2) prestige

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jun
    jun4
chün
bamboo shoots

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    gu1
ku
(bamboo); trumpet for chariots

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
(bamboo); skin of bamboo

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xuān
    xuan1
hsüan
bamboo flower; flowering bamboo

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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo sedan chair


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jié
    jie2
chieh
 yo
    よ
joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
(archaism) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); (female given name) Misao; Misawo
joint

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huáng
    huang2
huang
 takemura
    たけむら
(bamboo); bamboo grove
(surname) Takemura

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mèi
    mei4
mei
a kind of bamboo

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piān
    pian1
p`ien
    pien
 hin
    へん
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
(n,n-suf) (1) compilation (of a text); editing; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) volume (of a text); (3) completed literary work
A slip of bamboo, a slip, leaf, page, books.

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 hibi; shibi
    ひび; しび
brushwood or bamboo piles used for seaweed or oyster farming; cultch; culch

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
cuticle of bamboo plant

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zhēng
    zheng1
cheng
bamboo

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gōu
    gou1
kou
 kagari
    かがり
bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
(1) (kana only) iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See 篝火・1) bonfire; (surname, female given name) Kagari

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
luxuriant growth of bamboo


𬕂

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gōng
    gong1
kung
bamboo hat

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    bi4
pi
 hera
    へら
    no
    の
fine-toothed comb; to comb
spatula; (1) (archaism) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (archaism) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

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chú
    chu2
ch`u
    chu
crude bamboo mat

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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dōu
    dou1
tou
bamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)

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miè
    mie4
mieh
the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip


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    ze2
tse
 su; saku
    す; さく
reed mat
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together); (surname) Azeka

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles; round basket of bamboo

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