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Kanji Detail for 碓 - "mortar, millstone"

碓

  • Meaning

    碓 means "mortar, millstone."

    1. Mortar - A stone mill for pounding grain.

    2. Millstone - A device for grinding.

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    • Verified meaning: mortar, millstone
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しおい, まさる)

    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 碓

    Given names 碓(まさる)Listen

    Surnames 碓(しおい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pestle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pestle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pestle; pound with a pestle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pestle

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

    A pounding implement used for husking rice, such as 碓臼.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaku.taru(かく-たる) かく-たる

    tashi.ka(たし-か) たし-か

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    mortar millstone pestle grind crush pound pulverize grain rice tool device stone

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