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笹 = 世 + 竹

笹 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bamboo grass”. It is built from 世 (generation) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1010.

Keyword
bamboo grass
RTK frame
1010
Strokes
11
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ささ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бамбуковая трава
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
笹 small bamboo

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 世 generation
  2. 竹 bamboo

How to find 笹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “generation” + “bamboo”. 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.