笹

Translingual

Han character

笹 (radical 118 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹心廿 (HPT), composition ⿱⺮世)

1. small bamboo

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 881, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 2953, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7B39

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Japanese

Kanji

笹 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: none
• Kun: ささ (sasa)
• Nanori: さ (sa), さき (saki)、しの (shino)、じね (jine)

Noun

笹 (hiragana ささ, romaji sasa)

1. bamboo grass

Compounds

笹かまぼこ (ささかまぼこ, sasakamaboko) (bamboo-leaf-shaped) fish minced and steamed 笹の葉 (ささのは, sasanoha) bamboo leaf

笹舟 (ささぶね, sasabune) bamboo-leaf boat

Usage notes

kokuji (国字), Chinese characters created in Japan.

References

JIS: 3A7B Kuten: 2691 Shift JIS: 8df9 EUC-JP: BAFB Frequency: 1743 Nelson: 3384

New Nelson: 4271 Halpern: 2663 Halpern Learners: 1708 Heisig: 940 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 6f5.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

笹 (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune-Reischauer se, Yale sey)