篠
篠: thin bamboo
thin bamboo; bamboo grass
17 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 4 words here
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ゾウ・ショウ
Kunしの・ささ・すず
Read しの in most words: 篠笛 (bamboo flute), 篠突く雨 (pouring rain). Also common in surnames such as 篠原 (しのはら).
Key words
篠笛しのぶえbamboo flute
篠突く雨しのつくあめpouring rain
篠竹しのだけthin bamboo
篠しのthin bamboo
Example sentences
祭りの夜、どこからか篠笛の音が聞こえてきた。
On the night of the festival, the sound of a bamboo flute drifted in from somewhere.
篠突く雨の中、傘もなく駅まで走った。
I ran to the station in the pouring rain, without even an umbrella.
庭の隅に篠竹を立てて、朝顔のつるをからませた。
I stood thin bamboo stakes in the corner of the garden and let the morning glory vines climb them.