# 挿 — insert

挿 means “insert”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ソウ (sou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: insert
- On'yomi: ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Hands at work 5

## How to remember 挿

Parts: 扌 hand · 千 thousand · 十 ten; cross · 日 sun; day

## Don't confuse it with

[押](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/push/) · [抽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/draw-out/) · [捜](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/search-for/) · [便](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/convenient/)

## More in the “Hands at work 5” set

[擦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/scrape/) · [添](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/append/) · [把](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/grasp/) · [呈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/submit/) · [砕](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/smash/) · [刈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mow/) · [縛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bind/) · [挿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/insert/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/insert/. Last updated 2026-11-01.