| 1148 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2791 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1987 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2410 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 389 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3530 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2479 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2022 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19294 | Morohashi |
| 2848 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3468 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2003 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2159 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 熊害 【ユウガイ】 damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
- 熊掌 【ユウショウ】 bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)
Kun reading compounds
- 熊 【くま】 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
- 熊手 【くまで】 rake, fork, bamboo rake
- 蜂熊 【はちくま】 crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Oriental honey buzzard, pern
- 黒熊 【くろくま】 black bear
Readings
- Korean:
- ung
Spanish
- oso
Portuguese
French
- ours
| 2740 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d10.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 2133.1 | Four corner code |
| 2233.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 718a | Unicode hex code |
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
- Kun:
- ささ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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 |