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

Definition

noun

1

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

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

孟

Readings: モウ、 ボウ、 ミョウ、 かしら

Meanings: chief, beginning

宗

Readings: シュウ、 ソウ、 むね

Meanings: religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence

竹

Readings: チク、 たけ

Meaning: bamboo