笹
笹 — Bamboo grass
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
On’yomi—
Kun’yomiささ (sasa)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 笹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笹 | ささ sasa | bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.) |
| 笹原 | ささはら sasahara | field of bamboo grass |
Study notes
笹 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1743 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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