挿 — kanji meaning “insert”
挿
insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)
- Meanings
- insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- さ.す、はさ.む
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1908 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- chā
Words with 挿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挿入 | そうにゅう sounyuu | insertion; interposition; interpolation |
| 挿絵 | さしえ sashie | illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture |
| 挿話 | そうわ souwa | episode; side story; story within a story |
| 挿す | さす sasu | to insert; to put in |
| 挿管 | そうかん soukan | intubation; cannulation |
| 挿し木 | さしき sashiki | cutting; planting (a cutting) |
| 一輪挿し | いちりんざし ichirinzashi | small vase for one or two flowers |
| 挿画 | そうが souga | (book) illustration |
| 挿抜 | そうばつ soubatsu | insertion-extraction; add-remove; swapping (e.g. plugs) |
| 挿図 | そうず souzu | illustration |
| 挿入図 | そうにゅうず sounyuuzu | inserted figure |
| 内挿 | ないそう naisou | interpolation |
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