竹馬

See also: 竹马

Chinese

bamboo horse; surname
trad. (竹馬)
simp. (竹马)

Pronunciation


Noun

竹馬

  1. hobby horse (toy)
  2. a bamboo horse used in a folk dance

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちく
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
たけ
Grade: 1
うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (take, chiku, bamboo) + (uma, ba, horse).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けうま [tàkéúmá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞ɯ̟ᵝma̠]
  • (Tokyo) くば [chíꜜkùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) [chìkúꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟ᵝba̠]

Noun

(たけ)(うま) or (ちく)() • (takeuma or chikuba) 

  1. (literal) a bamboo horse (bamboo toy that resembles a horse that children can ride on)
  2. bamboo stilts (walking pole)
  3. walking on bamboo stilts

(alternative reading hiragana ちくば, rōmaji chikuba)

  1. Synonym of 幼時 (yōji, childhood) (time when one is a child)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

竹馬 • (jungma) (hangeul 죽마)

  1. Hanja form? of 죽마.
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