Kanji Detail for 釜 - "pot, kettle, cauldron"

釜

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

釜 means "pot, kettle, cauldron."
1. Pot - A metal cooking vessel.
2. Kettle - A container for boiling water.
3. Cauldron - A large pot for cooking.
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- Verified meaning: pot, kettle, cauldron
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read かま)
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 釜

Surnames 釜(かま)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

kettle; cauldron; iron pot

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cauldron, pot, kettle

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

kettle; cauldron

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

cauldron, kettle, pot

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

A cooking vessel. What is commonly called a pot.
Onyomi

fu(フ)
Kunyomi

kama(かま)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords

pot kettle cauldron cooking utensil boiling container fire handle heating hot water kitchen lid metal soup steaming stewing stove vessel

あの店の釜めしは絶品だよ。
That restaurant's kamameshi is absolutely superb.
きのう交差点でお釜を掘られちゃったよ。
Someone ploughed into me from behind at an intersection yesterday.
私は、新居へ移ると共に、私の部屋へ引っ込んで、自分で炊事できるだけの道具ーー土釜、土鍋、七輪の類をととのえた。
When I moved into my new home, I just brought with me the things that I needed for cooking, an earthen rice cooker, an earthenware pot and an earthen charcoal brazier.