篠

17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

bamboo grass

Kun'yomi
  • しの
    		thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters) ②Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) ③sliver (strand of loose fibers)
  • ささ
    		bamboo grass
  • すず
    		Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan) ②shoots of this plant
On'yomi
  • ゾウ
  • ショウ
Nanori
  • の

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

しの 94.3%
ささ 5.7%

Character Breakdown

bamboo grass
しの　ささ　ゾウ (Kentei Pre-1)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
article, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., twig
ジョウ　チョウ　デキ (Kentei 1)
relaxed, at ease, place
ユウ　ところ (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)

Common Words

しの
篠
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters) ②Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) ③sliver (strand of loose fibers)
しの
篠
はら
原
field of bamboo grass
なが
長
しの
篠
　
の
たたか
戦
　
い
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
しの
篠
つ
突
　
く
あめ
雨
pelting rain
しの
篠
ぶえ
笛
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
しの
篠
だけ
竹
bamboo grass
しの
篠
ざさ
笹
bamboo grass
しの
篠
　
を
つ
突
　
く
to pour (of rain)
しの
篠
つ
突
　
く
to pelt down (of rain)
すずかけ
篠懸
ごろも
衣
hemp over-garment worn by Shugendō practitioners
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References

Unicode hex code 7BE0
JIS X 0208 1-28-36
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3440
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4352
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3376
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2372
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2639
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2682
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2691
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26328
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f11.3
Four corner code 8829.4