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Translingual
Han character
笹 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹心廿 (HPT), four-corner 88717, composition ⿱𥫗世)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 881, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25968
- Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 2953, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7B39
Chinese
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 笹 (sasa).
Etymology
Spelling pronunciation, as 世 (shì).
Pronunciation
Definitions
笹
- (Taiwan) Used in personal names.
References
Japanese
Glyph origin
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).
Kanji
笹
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
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篠
小竹
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From Old Japanese.
Pronunciation
Noun
笹 or 笹 • (sasa)
- bamboo grass
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ササ.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Korean
Hanja
笹 (eumhun 조릿대 세 (joritdae se))
- hanja form? of 세 (“Sasa borealis”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.