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挿

挿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さす、さしはさむ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「插」の略体。「插」については当該項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
Kun (native)
  • さ(す)JHS
  • はさ(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音cha1
  • 한글sab
  • Hán-ViệtSáp
  • Hán-ViệtTháp
  • Hán-ViệtKhắp
  • Hán-ViệtSấp
  • Hán-ViệtTráp
  • Hán-ViệtXếp

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+633F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌𢆍

Words using this kanji

  • 挿絵さしえillustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.), picture
  • 挿入そうにゅうせまいすきまなどに棒状のものなどを差し入れること。差し込むこと。 中や間につけくわえること。 電子文書やワークシートなどで、語句やデータ、セルなどを追加すること。insertion, interposition, interpolation, infixing
  • 挿話そうわ話や文章の間に挿入する短い話や文章。 エピソード。逸話。episode, side story, story within a story, aside
  • 挿すさすto insert, to put in, to plant (a cutting), to strike
  • 挿画そうが本文中に挿入された絵。挿し絵。(book) illustration
  • 挿図そうずillustration
  • 挿花そうかいけばな。 頭髪に花を挿すこと。flower arrangement
  • 挿抜そうばつinsertion-extraction, add-remove, swapping (e.g. plugs)
  • 挿錠さしじょうbolt
  • 挿頭かざしflower fastened in the hair
  • 挿管そうかんintubation, cannulation
  • 挿秧そうおうrice planting
  • 挿送そうそうpenetration, insertion
  • 挿し木さしき「さしき」の漢字表記。cutting, planting (a cutting)
  • 挿入図そうにゅうずinserted figure
  • 挿入句そうにゅうく本文のなかに語句の説明、注釈などのため挿入される句。挿句。parenthetical expression
  • 挿し花さしばなflowers in a vase or lapel
  • 挿話的そうわてきepisodic
  • 挿入文そうにゅうぶんparenthetic sentence
  • 挿れるいれるto insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
5205.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c7.2
Heisig
1197
Nelson
1916