Entry
  1. Noun

    cabinetwork; joinery

    usu. 指(し)物

  2. hair ornament; hairpin

    often 挿(し)物

  3. colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period

    Archaic

Also written 指し物【さしもの】差物【さしもの】差し物【さしもの】挿物【さしもの】挿し物【さしもの】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

Kun
ゆびさ.す-さ.し
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
155 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

いぶさしさす

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.15The Kanji Dictionary
5206.1Four corner code
1378deroo
6307Unicode hex code
1-27-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1904Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2152New Nelson (John Haig)
378New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
452Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
337Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
659Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
711Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
800Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
729Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12034Morohashi
289A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1041Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1082Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
226sakade
569Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
305henshall3
327Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
292crowley
775Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
888Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
666Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi3, zhi1Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level