挿 – insert, put in, graft

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1908 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 挿 means insert, put in, graft, wear (sword). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さ.す、はさ.む (sasu, hasamu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	さ.す	sasu
Kun’yomi	はさ.む	hasamu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ｜・ノ・十・日・扎・田.

Words using 挿

挿すさすto insert

Example sentences

彼はボタンの穴に花を挿した。

He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

Tatoeba #110946

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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