笹

Translingual

Han character

笹 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹心廿 (HPT), four-corner 8871₇, composition ⿱𥫗世)

Further reading

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

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Chinese

trad.		笹
simp. #		笹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 笹

1. (Taiwan) Used in personal names.

References

• Master Ideographs Seeker for CNS 11643 Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643 中文標準交換碼全字庫)

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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)

Compounds

• 笹川(ささがわ) (Sasagawa)
• 笹原(ささはら) (Sasahara)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
笹
ささ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
篠

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

笹(ささ) or 笹(ササ) • (sasa) 

1. (botany) bamboo grass

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 笹牛(ささうし)の舌(した) (sasaushinoshita)
• 笹(ササ)団扇(ウチワ) (sasauchiwa)
• 笹(ささ)かまぼこ (sasakamaboko), 笹蒲鉾(ささかまぼこ) (sasakamaboko)
• 笹(ささ)掻(が)き (sasagaki)
• 笹(ササ)蜘蛛(グモ) (sasagumo)
• 笹(ささ)の葉(は) (sasanoha, “bamboo leaf”)
• 笹(ササ)葉(バ)銀蘭(ギンラン) (sasabaginran)
• 笹舟(ささぶね) (sasabune, “bamboo-leaf boat”)
• 笹(ささ)身(み) (sasami)
• 笹(ササ)百合(ユリ) (sasayuri)
• 隈笹(クマザサ) (kumazasa), 熊笹(クマザサ) (kumazasa)
• 篠笹(しのざさ) (shinozasa)
• 根(ね)笹(ざさ) (nezasa)
• 福笹(ふくざさ) (fukuzasa)
• 雪笹(ユキザサ) (yukizasa)

Descendants

• Translingual: Sasa, Sasa

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Korean

Hanja

笹 (eumhun 조릿대 세 (joritdae se))

1. Hanja form^? of 세 (“”).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]