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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

鉢: bowl, rice tub

Also: pot, crown

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

金 carries the meaning · 本 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハチhachi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 鉢はちbowl; pot; basin
  • 鉢巻はちまきheadband
  • 鉢植えはちうえpotted plant
  • 小鉢こばちsmall bowl
  • 火鉢ひばちbrazier; hibachi
  • 植木鉢うえきばちflowerpot; plant pot

Also read ハツ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
More in the 金 metal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
金

Also built on metal (金)

All 34
本

Also built on book (本)

Also read ハチ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read ハツ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
鉢 bowl · 本
vs鉄 iron · 失
鉢 has 本 where 鉄 has 失.
In ChineseSimplified 钵 · traditional, as in Japanese · bō

Japan keeps the traditional form 鉢; mainland China simplifies it to 钵.

Simplified
钵 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
鉢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bō 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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