Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)
Kun:
さ.すはさ.む
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 挿入 【ソウニュウ】 insertion, incorporation, infixing
  • 挿話 【ソウワ】 episode, side story, story within a story, aside, anecdote
  • 外挿 【ガイソウ】 extrapolation
  • 内挿 【ナイソウ】 interpolation

Kun reading compounds

  • 挿す 【さす】 to insert, to put in, to plant (a cutting), to strike, to arrange (flowers), to wear (a sword) in one's belt, to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten
  • 挟む 【はさむ】 to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides), to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose, to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch, to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke), to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.), to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cha1
Korean:
sab

Spanish

  • insertar
  • injertar
  • hacer pasar

Portuguese

  • inserir
  • inserido
  • enxertar
  • usar (espada)

French

  • insérer
  • greffer
  • mettre dans
  • porter (épée)
1517 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1744 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1916 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1358 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1651 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1765 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1478 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
894 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
517 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
390 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1125 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12119 Morohashi
431 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2167 New Nelson (John Haig)
1116 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1340 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1355 2001 Kanji
3c7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5205.6 Four corner code
1-33-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
633f 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

Speed

Stroke order

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