竹 Home·Characters·竹 Character · Nature 竹 ちくば chikuba bamboo Composition 123456 Origin A pictogram of two bamboo stalks with drooping leaves. In the thoughts 竹馬chikubabamboo stilts Proverbs carrying this character 148 竹馬の友 Friends of the bamboo stilts. Related characters 笑laugh, smile亀turtle光light兎hare, rabbit叢thicket, clump咲to bloom土earth, soil天sky, heaven実fruit, reality山mountain岩rock, crag