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皿

皿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さら

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。円形の脚を持つ広口の容器を象る。「さら」を意味する漢語｛皿｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

dish, a helping, plate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ベイ
Kun (native)
  • さらElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音min3
  • 한글myeong
  • Hán-ViệtMãnh

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

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
皿(さら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+76BF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𦉫一

Words using this kanji

  • 皿さら（さら）食物を盛る食器で、比較的深さを持たないもの。 （さら）料理を盛った皿の数を数える助数詞。plate, dish, platter, disc
  • 皿洗いさらあらい「さらあらい」の漢字表記。washing-up, dish-washing
  • 皿鉢さらばちshallow bowl
  • 皿鉢さわちplatter, serving plate, crown of the head, flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand
  • 皿回しさらまわしplate-spinning trick, plate spinner
  • 皿ねじさらねじcountersunk screw
  • 皿洗い機さらあらいきdishwasher, dishwashing machine
  • 皿ばかりさらばかりbalance, scales
  • 皿うどんさらうどんsara udon
  • 皿鉢料理さわちりょうりsawachi ryōri, assorted cold food served on a large plate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-5-1
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7710.0
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5h0.1
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1555
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3113