Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
Kun:
ささ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 笹 【ささ】 bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
  • 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき、 しの、 じね
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • hierba de bambú

Portuguese

French

  • pousse de bambou
3384 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1772 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2189 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3301 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
949 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25968 Morohashi
2663 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4271 New Nelson (John Haig)
940 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1010 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
8871.7 Four corner code
1-26-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b39 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
tree, wood
Kun:
こ-
On:
ボクモク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code