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插

插 — 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

形声。「手」+音符「臿」。「さしこむ」を意味する漢語｛插｝を表す字。「臿」は矢を矢筒に挿入するさまを象る象形文字で、もと「臿」が｛插｝を表す字であったが、手偏を加えて「插」となった。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

insert, stick into, plant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+63D2

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌臿

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
5207.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c7.2
Nelson
1953