笹 = 竹 + 世

笹 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “small bamboo”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 世 (generation).

Keyword: small bamboo
Pinyin (Mandarin): shì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: маленький бамбук
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 笹 bamboo grass

Decomposition

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竹 bamboo
世 generation

How to find 笹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “generation”. 笹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 笹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.