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Kanji Detail for 桶 - "bucket, tub"

桶

  • Meaning

    桶 means "bucket, tub."

    1. Bucket - A cylindrical container.

    2. Tub - A wooden vessel for holding liquids.

  • Tattoo check: 桶

    • Verified meaning: bucket, tub
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, おけ, おけざき, とうず)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 桶

    Surnames 桶(あきら)Listen 桶(おけ)Listen 桶(おけざき)Listen 桶(とうず)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tub; bucket

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pail, bucket, tub; cask, keg

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A square wooden container. Ancient square measures were called 桶. A 桶 holds six sheng. Now round wooden containers are called 桶.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oke(おけ) おけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    bucket tub pail carrying container cylindrical handle holding household lid liquids storage vessel water wooden

Sentences including 桶

  • The tub ran over while she was on the phone.

  • Every Monday Mrs. Evans washed all the family's clothes in the tin bath.

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