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鉢 — Bowl

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1890 most used
bowl, rice tub, pot, crown
On’yomiハチ (hachi)
On’yomiハツ (hatsu)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 鉢

WordReadingMeaning
はち
hachi
bowl; pot; basin
鉢植えはちうえ
hachiue
potted plant; potting
鉢巻はちまき
hachimaki
headband
小鉢こばち
kobachi
small bowl
植木鉢うえきばち
uekibachi
flowerpot; plant pot
火鉢ひばち
hibachi
brazier; hibachi

Study notes

鉢 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1890 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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