篠

bamboo grass

Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingゾウ、ショウ

Kun readingしの、ささ、すず

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

bamboo grass
私は来年篠山に住むつもりです。I will live in Sasayama next year.tatoeba
私は３年間篠山に住んでいます。I have lived in Sasayama for three years.tatoeba
slender bambooRtK

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo

Components

How it's built

篠

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Compound words

篠笹しのざさ

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)

篠を突くしのをつく

to pour (of rain)

篠懸の木スズカケノキ

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

篠突く雨しのつくあめ

長篠の戦いながしののたたかい

Battle of Nagashino (1575)

アメリカ篠懸の木アメリカすずかけのき

American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

Additional Examples

私は２年前篠山に住んでいました。

I lived in Sasayama two years ago.tatoeba

あなたは来年篠山に住むつもりですか。

Will you live in Sasayama next year?tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 篠

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