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    3. 笹

    笹

    笹ささ

    bamboo grass

    N1KMT9Freq #1743Nature & EnvironmentKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ささ

    Nanori

    ささきしのじね

    bamboo grass(kokuji)

    竹世

    竹
    一
    十

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    笥簧答筒箕箝籏笄笥箝笵笠帶笨籏箕簧世竿笄第笛笙

    Alternative forms of this concept

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    Concepts using this kanji

    笹

    bamboo grass

    笹原

    field of bamboo grass

    笹百合

    Japanese lily (Lilium japonicum)

    いささ小笹

    short bamboo

    東根笹

    Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

    福笹

    lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)

    笹竹

    small bamboo

    広葉雪笹

    Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

    根笹

    dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

    竹笹堂

    Takezasado

    笹寿司

    sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

    笹団扇

    Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)

    笹葉銀蘭

    Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)

    熊笹

    kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)

    雪笹

    Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)

    笹がき

    cutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings

    笹牛の舌

    bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)

    尖り笹の葉貝

    Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)

    笹舟

    toy bamboo-leaf boat

    笹蜘蛛

    Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)

    篠笹

    bamboo grass

    笹藪

    thicket of bamboo grass

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 一
    • 十
    • 竹

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    • 笹舟
    • 熊笹
    • 笹原
    • 笹
    • 笹がき
    • 笹竹
    • 篠笹
    • 笹蜘蛛
    • 東根笹
    • 根笹
    • いささ小笹
    • 笹牛の舌
    • 福笹
    • 雪笹
    • 尖り笹の葉貝
    • 笹葉銀蘭
    • 広葉雪笹
    • 笹藪
    • 笹団扇
    • 笹百合
    • 笹寿司
    • 竹笹堂

    Similar concepts

    • 笥
    • 簧
    • 答
    • 筒
    • 箕
    • 箝
    • 籏
    • 笄
    • 笵
    • 笠
    • 帶
    • 笨
    • 世
    • 竿
    • 第
    • 笛
    • 笙

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