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Kanji Detail for 碗 - "bowl, cup"

碗

  • Meaning

    碗 means "bowl, cup."

    1. Bowl - A ceramic container for food and drink.

    2. Cup - A vessel for beverages.

  • Words using 碗

    • 茶碗 ちゃわん Listen rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

  • Tattoo check: 碗

    • Verified meaning: bowl, cup
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    porcelain bowl; tea cup

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bowl, small dish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 碗[wan3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bowl, small dish

  • Onyomi

    tip

    wan(ワン) ワン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kobachi(こばち) こばち

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    bowl cup vessel ceramic porcelain tableware dish container rice soup tea serving dining meal utensil kitchen noodles

Sentences including 碗

  • Who broke the cup?

  • There was a broken cup on the table.

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