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挿

insert
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingさ.す、はさ.む
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. insertRtK
    彼はボタンの穴に花を挿した。He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.tatoeba
    打刀は帯に挿す。Tachi (打刀) was carried by thrusting through the sash.wiki
  2. put in
  3. graft
  4. wear (sword)
  1. insertion
  2. interposition
  3. interpolation
  4. infixing
  5. (sexual) penetration

Popular Usage

挿す

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · thousand · armour · armor · roots

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1197

Compound words

挿すさす
to insert
挿入そうにゅう
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infixing; (sexual) penetration
挿話そうわ
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
挿絵さしえ
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
挿画そうが
(book) illustration
挿木さしき
cutting
挿秧そうおう
rice planting
内挿ないそう
interpolation
一輪挿いちりんざし
small vase for one or two flowers
挿し木さしき
cutting
挿入図そうにゅうず
inserted figure
一輪挿しいちりんざし
small vase for one or two flowers
挿入するそうにゅうする
to insertion
挿入モードそうにゅうモード
insert mode

Additional Examples

その作家の文体は挿入語句が多い。
The writer has a parenthetic style.tatoeba
この本は挿絵を除いて２５２ページある。
This book has 252 pages exclusive of illustrations.tatoeba
打刀は帯に挿す。
Tachi (打刀) was carried by thrusting through the sash.wiki
左手に挿すユガケ。
Yugake for left hand.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 挿

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