EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

    パンダはささをえさにする。
    Pandas feed on bamboo grass.

Also written 篠【ささ】、小竹【ささ】

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Characters in this word

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bamboo grass, (kokuji)

Kun
ささ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1743 of 2500
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Used in names as

さ、さき、しの、じね

Dictionary and index codes (19)
CodeReference
2-6-5, 2-6-4SKIP code
6f5.3The Kanji Dictionary
8871.7Four corner code
7b39Unicode hex code
1-26-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3384Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4271New Nelson (John Haig)
2663New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3301Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2321Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
940Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1010Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1772Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
25968Morohashi
2189Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
seKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)