Kanji1 / 11
笹 kanji
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
NoneKun readings
ささ
Words with 笹
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —笹Popularbamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
- —笹舟toy bamboo-leaf boat
- —熊笹kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
- —笹原field of bamboo grass
- —笹竹small bamboo
- —篠笹bamboo grass; bamboo
- —根笹dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
- —福笹lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)
- —雪笹Maianthemum japonicum (species of monocot)
- —笹藪thicket of bamboo grass
- —笹がきcutting (vegetables) into long, thin shavings; shaving into slivers; shavings
- —笹蜘蛛Oxyopes sertatus (species of lynx spider)
- —笹団扇Spathiphyllum patinii (species of peace lily)
- —笹寿司sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
- —縮み笹wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius)
- —笹五位striated heron (Butorides striata); green-backed heron
- —竹笹堂Takezasado
- —笹牛の舌bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
- —笹葉銀蘭Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
- —広葉雪笹Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)