笹

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small bamboo

Nature →Plants

ささ

세

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

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Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

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Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

笹

Regular

Modern

Japanese

笹、篠 (rare) 、小竹 (rare) ささ、ササ同音

noun bamboo grass; (explanation) generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

Example Sentences

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パンダはささをえさにする。

Pandas feed on bamboo grass.

Japanese Names

笹ささ

Sasa female given namesurname

笹ささき

Sasaki surname

笹ささざき

Sasazaki surname

JAPANESE WORDS (26)

⭐ 笹 [ささ] #17,846

bamboo grass

篠 [しの] #31,473

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)

熊笹 [くまざさ] #64,469

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)

笹原 [ささはら] #65,751

field of bamboo grass

笹舟 [ささぶね] #92,611

toy bamboo-leaf boat

笹藪 [ささやぶ] #93,039

thicket of bamboo grass

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

小鳴き [ささなき] #213,987

twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter)

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