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Kanji Details for 筅

Kanji definition, readings and usage

筅

Strokes: 12

Radicals: 竹 土

bamboo whisk for tea-making

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  • セン
  • ささら

Popular Words

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  • 茶筅, 茶せん, 茶筌

    tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea

    hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

  • 茶筅羊歯

    maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)

  • 茶筅髪

    hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

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