挿
insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- さ.す
- はさ.む
Meaning
挿 centers on putting something into a space or holder: inserting, grafting, or wearing a sword by sliding it into a belt or scabbard.
Most common words using 挿
20 of 40- 挿入そうにゅうN3
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infixing; (sexual) penetration
- 挿すさすN2
to insert; to put in
- 挿絵さしえ
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
- 挿頭かざし
flower fastened in the hair
- 挿管そうかん
intubation; cannulation
- 挿し木さしき
cutting; planting (a cutting)
- 挿話そうわ
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
- 一輪挿しいちりんざし
small vase for one or two flowers
- 二穴同時挿入にけつどうじそうにゅう
double penetration
- 内挿ないそう
interpolation
- 半挿はんぞう
teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
- 外挿がいそう
extrapolation
- 外挿法がいそうほう
extrapolation method
- 挿げるすげる
to tie; to fix; to attach
- 挿し花さしばな
flowers in a vase or lapel
- 挿し込むさしこむ
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
- 挿れるいれる
to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)
- 挿入スイッチそうにゅうスイッチ
insertion switch
- 挿入モードそうにゅうモード
insert mode
- 挿入口そうにゅうぐち
insertion point; insertion slot; insertion opening
Study
Etymology
挿 combines 扌 (hand) with 臿, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of inserting or piercing. The exact historical development of 臿 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The hand radical 扌 beside 臿 suggests a hand pushing something into a slot. Picture a hand inserting a plug into a socket.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine a hand inserting a sword into a sheath with a smooth 'so' sound: so -> ソウ, as the blade slides in.