笹
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
会意。「竹」 + 「世」。竹にはがあることに加え、竹の「葉」であることから「世」が当てられたものか。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- Kun (native)
- ささ
- Nanori (used in names)
- さ
- さき
- しの
- じね
- Other languages
- 한글se
- Hán-ViệtThế
Basics
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Radical
- 竹(たけ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+7B39
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗世
Words using this kanji
- 笹ささbamboo grass
- 笹原ささはらfield of bamboo grass
- 笹舟ささぶねtoy bamboo-leaf boat
- 笹竹ささたけsmall bamboo
- 笹藪ささやぶthicket of bamboo grass
- 笹がきささがきcutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings, shaving into slivers, shavings
- 笹蜘蛛ささぐもOxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)
- 笹団扇ささうちわSpathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)
- 笹百合ささゆりJapanese lily (Lilium japonicum)
- 笹寿司ささずしsasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
- 笹五位ササゴイstriated heron (Butorides striata), green-backed heron
- 笹牛の舌ささうしのしたbamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
- 笹葉銀蘭ささばぎんらんCephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
- 笹だんごささだんごsasadango
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-6-5- Four Corner
8871.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f5.3- Heisig
- 1010
- Nelson
- 3384