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Readings

Kana: ゾウ、ショウ、しの、ささ、すず
Romaji: zou, shō, shino, sasa, suzu
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Meaning

bamboo grass

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  118
Frequency:  1556
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-11
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  xiao3
Unicode:  7be0
JIS:  3C44

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3440
New Nelson Index: 4352
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f11.3
Four Corner Index: 8829.4
Japanese Names Index: 2691
Daikanwanjiten Index: 26328
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0832
Remembering the kanji Index: 2639
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2372
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2682
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3376

Words

(ささ)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
(しの、しぬ)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
鈴懸の木 (すずかけのき、スズカケノキ)
plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)
篠笹 (しのざさ)
bamboo grass; bamboo
篠笛 (しのぶえ)
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
(すず)
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); shoots of this plant
アメリカ篠懸の木 (アメリカすずかけのき、アメリカスズカケノキ)
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
篠竹 (しのだけ)
bamboo grass; bamboo
篠竹 (すずたけ、スズタケ)
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
篠突く (しのつく)
to pour (of rain); to pound down
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