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Bowl


Radical Combination


Meaning

Bowl

Mnemonic

Cast a book in gold to make a bowl. Books can be bent into the shape of a bowl, so then all you have to do is pour gold over it to keep it in that shape and ta-da! A bowl has been born!

Imagine creating this bowl yourself. Try not to burn your fingers with that hot gold.


Reading

On'yomi

はち

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The gold bowl has a hatch (はち) attached to it, which used to be the book's back cover. That's fine, you use the hatch as a lid for the bowl!

Okay, so this may not be the best bowl. You usually don't need a hatch or this much gold coating. But that's how they used to do it in the old days, so that's good enough for you!


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