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bamboo 竹
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Used in these characters:
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算
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| calculate, count, reckon
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From top: bamboo 竹, an abacus 目 (=calculation board), and two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined)
I use the bamboo abacus with both hands to calculate and count.
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竹
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JLPT 3Joyo 1 |
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| bamboo
take, CHIKU
竹
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The image of young bamboo shoots.
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答
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| answer
kotaeru, TŌ
竹
合
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: match, fit 合 (The cover  fits to the pot 口.)
Under the bamboo, you will get the fitting answer.
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第
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| grade, position, rank, order
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: variation of younger brother 弟 (bow 弓 and feathered arrow λ)
With a bamboo (cane) I teach my younger brother his position (rank).
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等
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| equal, grade, class, etcetera
hitoshii, nado, TŌ
竹
寺
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: temple 寺 (.. from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Put the bamboo 竹 (= the sprouts) into the earth 土 and (take care of them) with a skillful hand 寸, and (the growth) will be in the same way/class.
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管
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| tube, pipe, control
kuda, KAN
竹
官
宀
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: government 官 (Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂 is the government.) - here: a cover 宀 and two tubes 呂 [in cross-section])
Made of bamboo is the cover over the two: pipes.
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節
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| occasion, season, node, joint, section
fushi, SETSU, SECHI
竹
艮
卩
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: immediate 即 (Not good 艮, he shall bend 卩 - immediately!)
For bamboo it's immediately the best occasion, due to the joints.
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筆
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| brush, handwriting
fude, HITSU
竹
聿
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: writing brush 聿 var. of writing 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with a brush 丨 writes two 二 lines.)
Bamboo brush for handwriting.
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築
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| construct, build, fabricate
kizuku, CHIKU
竹
工
凡
木
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From top: bamboo 竹, craftsman 工, common/normal 凡 (A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.), tree 木
Bamboo, craftsmen and commonly also trees are needed for construction.
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簡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| simple, easy, brief
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: space, gap 間 (At the gate 門, the sun 日 shines through to the space/gap.)
If you build with bamboo on gap, you make it yourself very easy.
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筋
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| muscle, sinew, line, vein
suji, KIN
竹
肉
力
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: bodypart 月/肉 and strength/force 力
Bamboo as well as the body develops the strength through muscles and sinews.
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策
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| policy, plan, measure, whip
SAKU|
竹
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: thorn 朿 (originally: tree 木 and a pointed triangle; cf. 刺 "thorn")
To make bamboo into a thorn: That was the political plan.
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笑
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| laugh, smile
warau, emu, SHŌ
竹
天
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: early-death 夭 (here: sky, heaven 天)
Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh!
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箇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| a piece, item (counter)
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: hard 固 (Some things 囗 [=meat, some vegetable] with age 古 become hard 固)
Bamboo is hard and thus suitable as an: item counter.
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籍
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| enroll, register, membership
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 耒 (tree with many branches; Here: stick with grooves  for counting by making cuts), old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)
Bamboo and cutting sticks were used in old days as a register.
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笛
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| flute, whistle
fue, TEKI
竹
由
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: reason 由 (... for seedling丨in the rice field 田), here: 由 as a flute 丨 with hands E ヨ at the sides.
Made of bamboo is this flute.
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筒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| tube, cylinder, pipe
tsutsu, TŌ
竹
同
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Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: same 同 (All containers 冂 have one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.)
Bamboo is the same as a tube.
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篤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sincere, thoroughly, serious illness, fervent
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: horse 馬 (mane 三 in the wind, galloping legs 灬 and tail フ)
The bamboo horse is sincere but has a serious illness.
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箱
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| box, case
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: mutual, minister 相 (tree 木, eye 目) [here: box 目 with two separators]
It's made of bamboo or wood and looks like a box: A box.
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範
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| example, model, pattern, norm
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: vehicle 車, slumped person 㔾
The bamboo vehicle overran a slumped person: That gives a bad example.
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符
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| token, sign, tally, mark, talisman, amulet
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: attach, apply 付 (A person 亻 with a skillful hand 寸 attaches sth.)
(For the announcement he used a bamboo panel:) It's made of bamboo and is attached: A token or a sign.
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簿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| accounting, register, accounting book, records
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: water 氵and: var. of wholly, exclusive 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a sole sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, which is exclusive)
About bamboo (its production) and water (its consumption) we have a comprehensive accounting.
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箋
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| paper, letters, composition
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From top: bamboo 竹, 2x halberd 戈
Take bamboo and two halberds (like a scissors) to split it into: paper.
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箸
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| chopsticks
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From top: bamboo 竹, AND '+', chopsticks ナ, white 白 (or variation of person 者)
Made of bamboo AND the chopsticks are white: The chopsticks!
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籠
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| basket, cage, to seclude oneself
kago, komoru, RŌ
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竜
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: old form of dragon 龍 (stand 立, body 月, & winding body of dragon) - [now: dragon 竜]
Made of bamboo: the dragon's cage where it can seclude.
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