挿

Translingual

Han character

挿 (radical 64 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手竹十中 (QHJL))

1. insert, stick into
2. plant

References

• KangXi: page 432, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12119
• Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1884, character 10
• Unihan data for U+633F

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Japanese

Kanji

挿 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: さす (sasu), さしはさむ (sashihasamu)
• kyujitai: 插

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Mandarin

Hanzi

挿 (pinyin chā (cha1), zhǎ (zha3), Wade-Giles ch'a¹, cha³)