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俵

俵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 散る。
  2. 分与する。
  3. たわら。
  4. たわらを数える助数詞。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」 + 音符「表」。「わけあたえる」を意味する漢語｛俵｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bag, bale, sack, counter for bags

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヒョウElem.
Kun (native)
  • たわらElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音biao3
  • 한글pyo
  • Hán-ViệtBiểu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4FF5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻表

Words using this kanji

  • 俵たわら(たわら) 姓氏の一つ。 (たわら) 藁やカヤなどを編んで作った袋。穀物、炭などを入れる。普通、米俵をいう。 (ひょう) たわら。straw bag, sack, bale, counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
  • 俵数ひょうすうnumber of straw bags
  • 俵物たわらものgoods in straw bags
  • 俵編たわらあみmaking bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)
  • 俵雪たわらゆきsnow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)
  • 俵茱萸たわらぐみElaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
  • 俵責めたわらぜめEdo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-8
Four Corner
2523.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a8.21
Heisig
1667
Nelson
467