笠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

bamboo hat, one's influence

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リュウ
Kun (native)
  • かさ
Other languages
  • 拼音li4
  • 한글rib
  • Hán-ViệtLạp

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7B20

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗立

Words using this kanji

  • かさ竹などを編んで作られる、顔や目を日光からさえぎるための帽子。 日よけ。シェード。conical hat (East-Asian style), coolie hat, something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella, shade (of a lamp)
  • 笠子かさごscorpionfish, marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)
  • 笠雲かさぐもcap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)
  • 笠貝かさがいlimpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)
  • 笠木かさぎcoping, top rail, top part of the upper cross-beam of a torii
  • 笠石かさいしcopestone, cope, coping stone, capping stone
  • 笠懸かさがけmounted archery, target shooting on horseback
  • 笠戸丸かさとまるKasato Maru
  • 笠に着るかさにきるto wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
  • 笠の台が飛ぶかさのだいがとぶ首を斬られる。打ち首になる。「笠の台」は「頭部」「首」のこと。to be fired, to be decapitated
  • 笠間日動美術館かさまにちどうびじゅつかんKasama Nichido Museum of Art

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(55 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-5
Four Corner
8810.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f5.1
Heisig
1009
Nelson
3381