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笹 (Kangxi radical 118,竹+5, 11 strokes,cangjie input竹心廿 (HPT),four-corner88717,composition⿱𥫗世)
| trad. | 笹 | |
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| simp.# | 笹 | |
Orthographic borrowing fromJapanese笹(sasa).
Spelling pronunciation, as世 (shì).
笹
A国字(kokuji,“Japanese-coined character”).[1] Possibly an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 竹(“bamboo”) + abbreviated 葉(“leaf”).
| Kanji in this term |
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| 笹 |
| ささ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
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| 篠 小竹 |
FromOld Japanese.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is oftenspelled inkatakana, especially inbiological contexts (where katakana is customary), asササ(sasa).