笹: bamboo grass

bamboo grass

11 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

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Kun

ささ

Japan-made kanji read ささ, for small bamboo grass. Tanabata wishes are hung on 笹 branches.

笹ささbamboo grass

笹竹ささたけsmall bamboo

笹舟ささぶねleaf boat

熊笹くまざさKuma bamboo grass

七夕たなばたの夜よる、子こどもたちは笹ささに願い事ねがいごとを書かいた短冊たんざくをつるした。

On Tanabata night, the children hung paper strips with their wishes written on them on a bamboo branch.

川かわの流ながれに、笹舟ささぶねをそっと浮うかべて遊あそんだ。

I played by gently floating a leaf boat on the river.

山道やまみちの両側りょうがわに熊笹くまざさが生い茂おいしげり、足元あしもとが見みえなかった。

Bamboo grass grew thick on both sides of the mountain path, and I couldn't see my feet.