Jisho

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篠

17 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
｜ 化 木 竹 乞 攵
Variants:
筱
bamboo grass
Kun:
しの、 ささ、 すず
On:
ゾウ、 ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 篠 【しの】 thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters), Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes), sliver (strand of loose fibers)
  • 篠笹 【しのざさ】 bamboo grass, bamboo
  • 笹 【ささ】 bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
  • 笹竹 【ささたけ】 small bamboo
  • 篶 【すず】 Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan), shoots of this plant
  • 鈴懸 【すずかけ】 plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis), hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners

Readings

Japanese names:
の
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3440 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2691 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3376 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26328 Morohashi
4352 New Nelson (John Haig)
2639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2682 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-11 SKIP code
8829.4 Four corner code
1-28-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7be0 Unicode hex code

栗

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木 西
chestnut
Kun:
くり、 おののく
On:
リツ、 リ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 戦々慄々 【センセンリツリツ】 trembling with fear, filled with trepidation
  • 栗鼠 【リス】 squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
  • リス亜目 【リスアモク】 Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
  • 片栗 【カタクリ】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
  • 実栗 【ミクリ】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed

Kun reading compounds

  • 栗 【くり】 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
  • 栗石 【くりいし】 construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
  • 片栗 【かたくり】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
  • 実栗 【みくり】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed

Readings

Japanese names:
くる、 りっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • castaña
  • estricto

Portuguese

French

  • châtaigne
1571 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1219 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3280 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1623 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14695 Morohashi
2649 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2662 New Nelson (John Haig)
1609 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1735 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a6.32 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1090.4 Four corner code
1-23-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6817 Unicode hex code

線

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 水 白 糸
Variants:
綫
line, track
Kun:
すじ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • línea
  • cable
  • frontera
  • raíl
  • carril

Portuguese

  • linha
  • trilha

French

  • ligne
  • voie
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3580 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27641 Morohashi
1392 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1438 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2693.2 Four corner code
1-32-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dda Unicode hex code