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筅 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
ささらsasara
Meaning
a bamboo whisk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 先 as phonetic: bamboo split fine into a whisk, as for tea.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 茶筅ちゃせん

    a tea whisk

  • 筅ささら

    a bamboo whisk

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

茶筅(ちゃせん)で抹茶(まっちゃ)を点(た)てる。

They whisk the matcha with a tea whisk.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

茶筅筅茶tea竽an anc…笏ritual…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笞a rod…仟thousa…刋to cut阡a thou…芟to mow…吮to suc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading センAll maps

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