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vat

Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingソウ

Kun readingふね

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

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何者かが彼女を浴槽で溺死させた。Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.tatoeba
歯槽膿漏があります。I have pyorrhea.tatoeba
tub
tank
水槽にボウフラがうようよしている。The water tank teems with mosquito larvae.tatoeba

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · cadet · one (一) · bend · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1260

Compound words

水槽すいそう

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

浴槽よくそう

浄化槽じょうかそう

water-purification tank; septic tank

歯槽しそう

(dental) alveolus

湯槽ゆぶね

油槽ゆそう

一槽式いっそうしき

one-part washing machine

還水槽かんすいそう

condensate receiver tank

電解槽でんかいそう

electrolytic cell

二槽式にそうしき

two-part washing machine

歯槽膿漏しそうのうろう

木槽天秤しぼりきぶねてんびんしぼり

(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole

Additional Examples

最近いった歯医者で「歯槽膿漏がありますね」と言われ悩んでいます。

I'm worried because the dentist I went to recently told me, "You've got periodontitis alright".tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 槽

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step