What does kanji 篠 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 篠 is bamboo grass.

How is kanji 篠 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 篠 are ささ, しの, すず; the onyomi readings are ショウ, ゾウ.

What words use kanji 篠?

Example words that use kanji 篠 include 笹, 笹竹, 篠, 篠を突く.

JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

篠

Meaning

Kanji 篠

bamboo grass

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: ささしのすず
Onyomi 音読み: ショウゾウ
Nanori 名乗り: の

Variant: 筱 (Itaiji) , 筿 (Itaiji) , 𥴽 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #1556
Strokes: 17
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 縧 • 樤 • 滌 • 蓧 • 條 • 鰷 • 窱

Related vocabulary

Showing 14 common entries

Showing 14 of 15 entries that include this kanji.

笹

ささ

bamboo grass

笹竹

ささたけ

small bamboo

篠

しの

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

篠を突く

しのをつく

to pour (of rain)

篠原

しのはら

field of bamboo grass

篠笹

しのざさ

bamboo grass

篠竹

すずたけ

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

篠笛

しのぶえ

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

篠突く

しのつく

to pelt down (of rain)

篠突く雨

しのつくあめ

pelting rain

鈴懸の木

すずかけのき

plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)

篶

すず

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は篠笛を吹く。

He plays the bamboo flute.

篠突く雨が降った。

Torrential rain fell.

私たちは篠竹を切った。

We cut the slender bamboo.

庭に篠が茂っている。

Bamboo grass is growing thickly in the garden.

篠笛の音が聞こえる。

I can hear the sound of the bamboo flute.

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Kanji 篠

Readings

Related vocabulary

笹

笹竹

篠

篠を突く

篠原

篠笹

篠竹

篠笛

篠突く

篠突く雨

鈴懸の木

篶

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