孟宗竹

Readings

Kana: もうそうちく、もうそうだけ、モウソウチク、モウソウダケ
Romaji: mousouchiku, mousoudake, mousouchiku, mousoudake
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: モウ、 ボウ、 ミョウ、 かしら
Meanings: chief, beginning
Readings: シュウ、 ソウ、 むね
Meanings: religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
Readings: チク、 たけ
Meaning: bamboo