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挿

insert
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingさ.す、はさ.む
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. insertRtK
  2. put in
  3. graft
  4. wear (sword)
  1. insertion
  2. interposition
  3. interpolation
  4. infixing
  5. (sexual) penetration

Popular Usage

挿す

Radicals and components

Radical手handComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · thousand · armour · armor · roots

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1197

Compound words

挿入そうにゅう
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infixing; (sexual) penetration
挿話そうわ
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
挿絵さしえ
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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Practice Writing 挿

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