Kanji Detail for 丼 - "rice bowl"

丼

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

丼 means "rice bowl." Also associated with well, splash sound.
1. Well - A water well.
2. Splash sound - The sound of something dropped into a well.
3. Rice bowl - A deep ceramic bowl for serving rice dishes.
Words using 丼
- 牛丼ぎゅうどん gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
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- Verified meaning: rice bowl
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read たかい)
- Also carries these associations: well, splash sound
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 丼

Surnames 丼(たかい)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bowl; bowl of food

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bowl of food; well

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
Onyomi

sei(セイ)

shoh(ショウ)

tan(タン)

ton(トン)
Kunyomi

donburi(どんぶり)
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

丶 (ten・chobo)
Related Keywords

rice bowl well splash sound dish cooking cuisine food meal serving portion

彼はご飯を丼で食べたよ。
He ate rice in a big bowl.
国の経済だって、家庭の経済だって、個人の経済だって、丼勘定でいいものではない。
Whether it's national economics, family economics, or personal economics, it's not something where sloppy accounting is good enough.