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甌

甌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 口が大きく底の深い大型の陶磁器の容器。かめ、ほとぎ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「瓦」+音符「區」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

small jar, jug

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウ
Kun (native)
  • ほとぎ
  • はち
  • かめ
Other languages
  • 拼音ou1
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtÂu

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
瓦(かわら)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+750C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰區瓦

Words using this kanji

  • 甌穴おうけつgiant's kettle, giant's cauldron, pothole

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-5
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7171.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d13.12