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笠

bamboo hat
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingリュウ
Kun readingかさ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bamboo hatRtK
    小笠原諸島では、ＮＨＫの電波しか入らない。You can get only NHK in the Ogasawara islands.tatoeba
    蓑、傘、笠、陣笠Mino (straw raincoat), Kasa (umbrella), Kasa (a cap), and Jingasa (a soldier's cap)wiki
  2. one's influence
  1. conical hat (East-Asian style)
  2. coolie hat
  3. something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella
  4. shade (of a lamp)
  5. mushroom cap

Synonyms

傘

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (かさ)
傘 · parasol

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

bamboo (竹) · vase · stand up (立)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1009

Compound words

雨笠あまがさ
rain hat
笠子かさご
scorpionfish
松笠まつかさ
pinecone
陣笠じんがさ
ancient soldier's hat
菅笠すげがさ
sedge-woven (bamboo) hat
編笠あみがさ
braided hat
蓑笠みのかさ
sedge hat and straw rain cape
簑笠みのかさ
sedge hat and straw rain cape
簔笠みのかさ
sedge hat and straw rain cape
綾藺笠あやいがさ
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
編み笠あみがさ
braided hat
編笠茸アミガサタケ
common morel (Morchella esculenta)
蓑笠子みのかさご
luna lionfish (Pterois lunulata)
煙突の笠えんとつのかさ
chimney cap
笠にかかるかさにかかる
to be highhanded
歯並蓑笠子はなみのかさご
red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
小笠原蜚蠊おがさわらごきぶり
Surinam cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis)
小笠和大蝙蝠おがさわおおこうもり
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
博多祇園山笠はかたぎおんやまかさ
festival held in July in Fukuoka City
蓑になり笠になりみのになりかさになり
helping and protecting in all ways

Additional Examples

父は小笠原長守。
His father was Nagamori OGASAWARA.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 笠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step