淡竹

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	bamboo
trad. (淡竹)		淡	竹
simp. ^#(淡竹)		淡	竹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄓㄨˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tām-tek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànjhú
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-chu²
  - Yale: dàn-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjwu
  - Palladius: даньчжу (danʹčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-tek
  - Tâi-lô: tām-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmdeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

淡竹

Phyllostachys glauca

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	竹
は Grade: S	ちく Grade: 1
irregular	on'yomi

Noun

淡(は)竹(ちく) or 淡竹(ハチク) • (hachiku)

Henon bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis
Synonym: 呉竹 (kuretake)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

See also

竹筎(ちくじょ) (chikujo)

References

“〈淡竹〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025