Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

俵: bag, bale

Also: sack, counter for bags

JLPT N110 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 表 gives the sound

10 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヒョウhyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 土俵どひょうsumo ring
  • 一俵いっぴょうone straw bag
  • 土俵際どひょうぎわedge of the ring

たわらtawara · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 俵たわらbale, sack
  • 米俵こめだわらstraw rice bag
  • 炭俵すみだわらsack for charcoal

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

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Also read ヒョウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
俵 bag · 亻 + 表
vs表 surface · 二 + 丨 + 衣
俵 has 亻 + 表 where 表 has 二 + 丨 + 衣.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · biào

Same form: 俵 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
俵 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
俵 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin biào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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