挿
insert; put in; graft; wear (sword)
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1908.
Readings
- ソウ (on reading): 挿入 (そうにゅう) insertion; 挿入歌 (そうにゅうか) background music
- さす (kun reading): 挿絵 (さしえ) illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); 挿す (さす) to insert
- はさむ (kun reading)
Components
- 扌
- 千
- 十
- 日
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 十 radical ten
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 日 radical sun; day
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 挿
- 挿入 (そうにゅう) insertion
- 挿入歌 (そうにゅうか) background music
- 挿話 (そうわ) episode
- 挿画 (そうが) (book) illustration
- 気管挿管 (きかんそうかん) tracheal intubation
- 挿絵 (さしえ) illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
- 挿す (さす) to insert
- 挿し木 (さしき) cutting
- 一輪挿し (いちりんざし) small vase for one or two flowers
- 挿し花 (さしばな) flowers in a vase or lapel
- 挿れる (いれる) to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)
- 挿頭 (かざし) flower fastened in the hair
39 words in all.