釜

kettle

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingフ

Kun readingかま

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

kettle
きのう交差点でお釜を掘られちゃったよ。Someone ploughed into me from behind at an intersection yesterday.tatoeba
その他名物の釜飯Other popular kamameshiwiki
cauldronRtK
iron pot

Homonyms

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Same reading (かま)

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

釜

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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

father · metal (金) · gold (金)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1367

Compound words

御釜おかま

お釜おかま

後釜あとがま

初釜はつがま

first tea ceremony of New Year

釜熬りかまいり

boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

釜茹でかまゆで

boiling in an iron pot

電気釜でんきがま

electric rice-cooker

二重釜にじゅうがま

jacketed kettle

風呂釜ふろがま

釜を掘るかまをほる

to perform anal sex (between men)

八釜しいやかましい

Additional Examples

- 京釜線開通式

Opening ceremony of the Gyeongbu Linewiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 釜

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