漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
挿: insert, put in
Also: graft, wear (sword)
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 千, 十 and 日 are drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 挿話そうわepisode; side story; story within a story
さすsasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 挿絵さしえillustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
- 挿木さしきcutting; planting (a cutting)
Also read はさむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side挿 insert · 扌 + 千 + 十
vs東 east · 木In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 插 · chā
挿 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 插 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 插 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 插 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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