呉竹

Japanese

呉竹 (kuretake, gochiku): a shoot of henon bamboo.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
呉	竹
くれ Grade: S	たけ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
吳竹 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 呉 (kure, “Chinese, from China”) +‎ 竹 (take, “bamboo”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くれたけ [kùrétáké] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
(Tokyo) くれたけ [kùréꜜtàkè] (Nakadaka – [2])[3][2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ta̠ke̞]

Noun

呉(くれ)竹(たけ) • (kuretake)

alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
呉	竹
ご Grade: S	ちく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
吳竹 (kyūjitai)

The on'yomi of kuretaka above.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo̞t͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

呉(ご)竹(ちく) • (gochiku)

alternate name for 淡竹 (hachiku): henon bamboo, a form of Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo)

Usage notes

This reading is much less common.

Synonyms

胡竹(こちく) (kochiku)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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