The kanji 挿: meaning, readings and stroke order

挿

Meaning: insert, put in
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: さ（す） sasu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 插

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cắm, chèn vào (sáp)
Japanese: さしこむ。あいだにいれる。
Korean: 꽂다, 끼워 넣다 (삽)
Chinese: 插、插入 (插)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

挿そう入にゅう
inserting, putting in
写真を 挿そう入にゅうします。
I insert a photo.

さ（す） sasu · kun reading · less common

挿さす
to put in (flowers)
花瓶に花を 挿さします。
I put flowers in the vase.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.