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Kanji Detail for 簞 - "basket"

簞

  • Meaning

    簞 means "basket." Also associated with gourd, box.

    1. Bamboo container - A round vessel woven from bamboo.

    2. Basket - A container for storing things.

    3. Gourd - A bottle gourd; a simple vessel.

  • Tattoo check: 簞

    • Verified meaning: basket
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: gourd, box

    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

    small bamboo basket for holding

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    small bamboo basket for holding cooked rice

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    round basket for cooked rice

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a small bamboo basket for rice

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

    A bamboo container for holding rice. Round ones are called 簞. Square ones are called 笥.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hako(はこ) はこ

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    basket gourd box bamboo container round carrying portable simple storage traditional woven

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