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Kanji Detail for 鉢 - "bowl, pot, head"

  • Meaning

    鉢 means "bowl, pot, head."

    1. Bowl - A deep, round container.

    2. Pot - A container for plants.

    3. Head - The top of the skull (colloquial).

  • Words using

    • 鉢巻 はちまき Listen headband
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    • Verified meaning: bowl, pot, head
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はち, はちろう)

    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

    Surnames (はち)Listen (はちろう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bowl; rice tub; pot; crown

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    earthenware basin; alms bowl (Sanskrit paatra)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 缽|钵[bo1]
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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Sentences including

  • He formed the clay into a bowl.

  • The young plants are potted during the winter.

  • She put new soil in the flower pot.

  • She was beginning to get desperate.

  • The glass bowl broke into tiny fragments.

  • A hyacinth bloomed in the flowerpot.

  • Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.

  • She picked a flower from the pot and gave it to me.

  • The flower pot crashed to the sidewalk.

  • I lost this oblong Japanese brazier in an earthquake.

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