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挿 means 'insert'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1717   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 29 words   Used in 40 words   Used in 5 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソウ
Kun
   さす to insert
Additional readings
Kun    はさむ
Variants
插  
Components
⿰  扌 (手) hand  ⿱  千 1000; thousand  申 say  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 挿 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 挿 is used 29 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ソウ : 21 words FIND ALL
そ う に ゅ う 0
insertion; incorporation; infixing
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さす : 5 words FIND ALL
さ す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to insert; to put in  (see also: 差す)
2. to plant (a cutting); to strike  (see also: 挿し木)
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さす (read as さし) : 1 word FIND ALL
さ し え 0 さ し え 2
noun
illustration (e.g. book); picture
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はさむ : 1 word FIND ALL
は さ む 2
Most common form: 挟む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to interpose; to hold between; to insert
2. to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond
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さす (read as ざ) : 1 word FIND ALL
い ち り ん ざ し 0
noun
vase for one flower
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An additional 11 less common words include 挿 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 1517  Joy o' Kanji : 1517  Key to Kanji: - 

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挿
ソウ   さす to insert   
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扌
hand
申
シン   もうす to say   
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丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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