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Reading

Kana: ささ
Romaji: sasa
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さ、さき、しの、じね
Romaji: sa, saki, shino, jine
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bamboo grass, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  1743
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-5
Korean Reading:  se
Unicode:  7b39
JIS:  3A7B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2663
Nelson Index: 3384
New Nelson Index: 4271
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f5.3
Four Corner Index: 8871.7
Japanese Names Index: 1772
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25968
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0765
Remembering the kanji Index: 940
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1708
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2321
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 949
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1010
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3301

Words

(ささ)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
笹舟 (ささぶね)
toy bamboo-leaf boat
雪笹 (ゆきざさ、ユキザサ)
Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)
小鳴き (ささなき)
twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter); tiny twittering
笹蜘蛛 (ささぐも、ササグモ)
Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)
笹原 (ささはら、ささわら)
field of bamboo grass
熊笹 (くまざさ、クマザサ)
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
篠笹 (しのざさ)
bamboo grass; bamboo
尖り笹の葉貝 (とんがりささのはがい、トンガリササノハガイ)
Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)
東根笹 (あずまねざさ、アズマネザサ)
Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)
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