笹

笹 U+7B39, 笹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B39 ← 笸 [U+7B38] CJK Unified Ideographs 笺 → [U+7B3A]

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

trad.		笹
simp. #		笹

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 笹 (sasa).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 世 (shì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Definitions

笹

1. (Taiwan) Used in personal names.

References

• Master Ideographs Seeker for CNS 11643 Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643 中文標準交換碼全字庫)

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

笹

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kun: ささ (sasa, 笹)
• Nanori: さ (sa); さき (saki); しの (shino); じね (jine)

Compounds

• 笹川(ささがわ) (Sasagawa)
• 笹原(ささはら) (Sasahara)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
笹
ささ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
篠 小竹

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ささ [sàsá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠sa̠]

Noun

笹(ささ) or 笹(ササ) • (sasa) 

1. (botany) 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

Derived terms

• 笹牛(ささうし)の舌(した) (sasaushinoshita)
• 笹(ササ)団扇(ウチワ) (sasauchiwa)
• 笹(ささ)かまぼこ (sasakamaboko), 笹蒲鉾(ささかまぼこ) (sasakamaboko)
• 笹(ささ)掻(が)き (sasagaki)
• 笹(ササ)蜘蛛(グモ) (sasagumo)
• 笹(ささ)の葉(は) (sasanoha, “bamboo leaf”)
• 笹(ササ)葉(バ)銀蘭(ギンラン) (sasabaginran)
• 笹舟(ささぶね) (sasabune, “bamboo-leaf boat”)
• 笹(ささ)身(み) (sasami)
• 笹(ササ)百合(ユリ) (sasayuri)
• 隈笹(クマザサ) (kumazasa), 熊笹(クマザサ) (kumazasa)
• 篠笹(しのざさ) (shinozasa)
• 根(ね)笹(ざさ) (nezasa)
• 福笹(ふくざさ) (fukuzasa)
• 雪笹(ユキザサ) (yukizasa)

Descendants

• Translingual: Sasa

Korean

Hanja

笹 (eumhun 조릿대 세 (joritdae se))

1. 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. [1]