川竹

河竹

Reading

Kana: かわたけ

Romaji: kawatake

Definitions

noun

1

bamboo growing along a river bank

2

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

3

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

4

prostitute; the life of a prostitute

Note: archaism

Kanji

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

竹

Readings: チク、 たけ

Meaning: bamboo

河

Readings: カ、 かわ

Meaning: river