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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

  1. 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
  2. slender bambooRtK
  1. generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
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Compound words

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
pelting rain
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

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