EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to whisper; to murmur

    Usually written using kana alone

    一人の教授がささやいた。
    One of his colleagues whispered.
  2. to rumor; to rumour

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. in the passive

Also written 私語く【ささやく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

whisper, murmur

Kun
ささや.く
On
ショウ
Strokes
21
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-18SKIP code
3d18.5The Kanji Dictionary
6104.1Four corner code
56c1Unicode hex code
1-51-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1018Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
928New Nelson (John Haig)
2157Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2279Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4615Morohashi
nie4Pinyin reading
seob, nyeobKorean reading