Where does “真竹” come from?

真竹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 真, from Chinese 似.

真竹 (Japanese): timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

Definitions

  1. timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

Ancestry of “真竹”, step by step

真竹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 真

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese真truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;...
2Chinese似—

via Japanese 竹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese竹bamboo; the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

Words derived from “真竹”

Every word from Chinese 似 →Every word from Japanese 真 →