女竹
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 女 | 竹 |
| め Grade: 1 |
たけ > だけ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 雌竹 |
Etymology
[edit]From 女 (me, “female”) + 竹 (take, “bamboo”). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 女 read as め
- Japanese terms spelled with 竹 read as たけ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Bamboos