插

See also: 挿 and 揷

Translingual

Japanese	挿
Simplified	插
Traditional	插

Han character

插 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手竹十難 (QHJX), four-corner 5207₇, composition ⿰扌臿)

Derived characters

• 𠿂

Related characters

• 挿 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 揷 (Variant form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12346
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1918, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63D2

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Chinese

trad.		插
simp. #		插
alternative forms		揷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
偛	*ʔsreːb
插	*sʰreːb
鍤	*sʰreːb, *r̥ʰeb
臿	*sʰreːb
喢	*sʰreːb, *sreːb, *sreb, *l̥ʰjeb
牐	*zreːb
歃	*sreːb, *sreb
敮	*hreːb

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 插

1. to insert; to stick into
2. to plant

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	挿
Kyūjitai	插

Kanji

插

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挿)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: さす (sasu, 插す); はさむ (hasamu, 插む); さしはさむ (sashihasamu, 插む); にない (ninai); とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

插 • (sap) (hangeul 삽, revised sap, McCune–Reischauer sap, Yale sap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 插 (chắp, khắp, sắp, tháp, xấp, xếp, sáp, thạo, tráp, xép, xẹp)

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References

• Nom Foundation