笠
bamboo hat, one's influence
Readings
On'yomi
- リュウ
Kun'yomi
- かさ
Meaning
笠 centers on a wide, conical bamboo hat that shelters the wearer. The sense of 'one's influence' extends from the image of a hat casting a protective or overshadowing presence over someone.
Most common words using 笠
20 of 55- 笠かさ
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
- 笠子かさご
scorpionfish
- 笠木かさぎ
coping; top rail
- 花笠はながさ
hanagasa; conical hat adorned with flowers; used in Japanese traditional performing arts
- かぶり笠かぶりがさ
conical hat; coolie hat
- ばっちょう笠ばっちょうがさ
conical bamboo hat
- 一文字笠いちもんじがさ
flat sedge hat; bamboo hat
- 三度笠さんどがさ
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
- 三笠石みかさせき
mikasaite
- 博多祇園山笠はかたぎおんやまかさ
festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)
- 塗笠ぬりがさ
traditional lacquered conical hat
- 夜目遠目笠の内よめとおめかさのうち
women appear the most beautiful when viewed from afar, in the dark, or when wearing a bamboo hat; seeing less is more
- 嫁が笠よめがかさ
Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)
- 嫁が笠貝よめがかさがい
Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)
- 小笠原大蝙蝠おがさわらおおこうもり
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat
- 小笠原方言おがさわらほうげん
Bonin English; Ogasawara English
- 小笠原流おがさわらりゅう
Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette)
- 小笠原猿子おがさわらましこ
Bonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, extinct)
- 小笠原蜚蠊おがさわらごきぶり
Surinam cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis)
- 小笠和大蝙蝠おがさわおおこうもり
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
Study
Etymology
笠 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 立 (stand), reflecting a bamboo hat that stands on the head. The character likely developed as a semantic compound describing the material and function of the hat.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 竹 is bamboo, and the bottom 立 means stand. Picture a wide bamboo hat standing tall on someone's head, sheltering them from rain or sun.
Reading mnemonic
For リュウ, imagine a bamboo hat so large it shelters a whole queue of people: queue -> リュウ, and the hat's influence covers them all.