EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 24
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb

    to shine

    see 射す

    ほお紅や口紅を差すだけで表情や笑顔がどんどん変わってくるんです。
    Expressions and smiles change like that just from applying rouge and lipstick.
  2. to be visible

  3. to be tinged with

  4. to rise (of water levels); to flow in

  5. to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

    see 気が差すsee 魔が差す

  6. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise

  7. to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)

    see 指す

  8. to insert; to put in

    see 挿す

  9. to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm

    see 挿す

  10. to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm

    Sumo

  11. to pole (a boat)

    see 刺す

  12. to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks)

    see 注す

  13. to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye

    see 点す

  14. to light (a fire); to burn

  15. to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten

    see 鎖す

  16. Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to stop in the midst of; to leave undone

    after the -masu stem of a verbsee 止す

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance

Kun
さ.す、さ.し
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
449 of 2500
Radical
work
WaniKani
Level 24

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Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-7-3, 2-2-8, 2-3-7, 2-6-4SKIP code
2o8.4The Kanji Dictionary
8021.1Four corner code
972deroo
5deeUnicode hex code
1-26-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3662Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1537New Nelson (John Haig)
3311New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4104Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2082Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
593Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
614A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1164Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
662Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8732Morohashi
482A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
658Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399sakade
492Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
508henshall3
544Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
674Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
553Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
560Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chai1, cha1, cha4, ci1Pinyin reading
cha, chiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level