笹 — kanji meaning “bamboo grass”
笹
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
- Meanings
- bamboo grass, (kokuji)
- On'yomi
- —
- Kun'yomi
- ささ
- Name readings
- さ、さき、しの、じね
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1743 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 118
Words with 笹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笹原 | ささはら sasahara | field of bamboo grass |
| 熊笹 | くまざさ kumazasa | kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo |
| 笹舟 | ささぶね sasabune | toy bamboo-leaf boat |
| 笹竹 | ささたけ sasatake | small bamboo |
| 笹がき | ささがき sasagaki | cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings |
| 篠笹 | しのざさ shinozasa | bamboo grass; bamboo |
| 笹蜘蛛 | ささぐも sasagumo | Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider) |
| 東根笹 | あずまねざさ azumanezasa | Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass) |
| 根笹 | ねざさ nezasa | dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan) |
| 笹牛の舌 | ささうしのした sasaushinoshita | bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica) |
| 福笹 | ふくざさ fukuzasa | lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January) |
| 雪笹 | ゆきざさ yukizasa | Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot) |
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