笹

笹

笹 U+7B39, 笹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B39 ← 笸 [U+7B38] CJK Unified Ideographs 笺 → [U+7B3A]

Translingual

Han character

笹 (radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹心廿 (HPT), composition ⿱⺮世)

1. small bamboo

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 881, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25968
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 2953, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7B39

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		笹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo (xiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

笹

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Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

笹

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kun: ささ (sasa, 笹)
• Nanori: さ (sa); さき (saki); しの (shino); じね (jine)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
笹
ささ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

笹 (hiragana ささ, rōmaji sasa)

1. bamboo grass

Compounds

• 笹 (ささ)かまぼこ (sasakamaboko): (bamboo-leaf-shaped) fish minced and steamed
• 笹 (ささ)の葉 (は) (sasanoha): bamboo leaf

• 笹舟 (ささぶね) (sasabune): bamboo-leaf boat

References

JIS: 3A7B Kuten: 2691 Shift JIS: 8df9 EUC-JP: BAFB Frequency: 1743 Nelson: 3384

New Nelson: 4271 Halpern: 2663 Halpern Learners: 1708 Heisig: 940 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 6f5.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

笹 • (se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune–Reischauer se, Yale sey)

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