挿

insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

さ.すはさ.む

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1908

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
挿入	ソウニュウ	insertion; interposition; interpolation; infixing; (sexual) penetration; interpolation
挿話	ソウワ	episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
挿入図	ソウニュウズ	inserted figure
内挿	ナイソウ	interpolation
挿画	ソウガ	(book) illustration

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
挿絵	さしえ	illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
挿む	はさむ	to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to pinch; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings); to interpose (e.g. an objection); to interject; to throw in (e.g. a joke); to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to have between each other; to be across (a street, river, etc.); to harbour (feelings); to cast (e.g. doubt); to pincer
挿し替える	さしかえる	to change; to replace
挿し木	さしき	cutting; planting (a cutting)
挿す	さす	to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

clap, beat (music)

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake

shouldering, carry, raise, bear

set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except

badge, chapter, composition, poem, design

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

dragon, imperial