笹

11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

bamboo grass, (kokuji)

Kun'yomi
  • ささ
    		bamboo grass
Nanori
  • さ
  • さき
  • しの
  • じね

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ささ 99.7%
じね 0.3%

Character Breakdown

bamboo grass, (kokuji)
ささ　じね　さ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant

Common Words

ささ
笹
bamboo grass
ささ
笹
はら
原
field of bamboo grass
ささ
笹
ぶね
舟
toy bamboo-leaf boat
ささ
笹
やぶ
藪
thicket of bamboo grass
ささ
笹
たけ
竹
small bamboo
しの
篠
ざさ
笹
bamboo grass
ね
根
ざさ
笹
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
　
い
　
さ
　
さ
お
小
ざさ
笹
short bamboo
ふく
福
ざさ
笹
lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)
ささ
笹
ず
寿
し
司
sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
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References

Unicode hex code 7B39
JIS X 0208 1-26-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3384
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4271
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2663
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3301
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1708
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2321
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 940
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1010
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1772
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 25968
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2189
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 949
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f5.3
Four corner code 8871.7