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丼

Rice Bowl
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingドン、タン
Kun readingどんぶり
JōyōGrade 8Level 34

Meanings

  1. rice Bowl
  2. bowl
  3. donburiRtK
  1. porcelain bowl
  2. bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
  3. front pocket in a haragake

Synonyms

丼物牛丼

Radicals and components

Radical丶dot
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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well · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1947

Compound words

天丼てんどん
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
丼物どんぶりもの
rice bowl dish
牛丼ぎゅうどん
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
鰻丼うなどん
eel donburi
蝮丼まむしどん
eel donburi
うな丼うなどん
eel donburi
カツ丼カツどん
katsudon
かつ丼カツどん
katsudon
海鮮丼かいせんどん
seafood rice bowl
若鳥丼わかどりどん
young chicken on rice
親子丼おやこどん
oyakodon
母娘丼おやこどん
oyakodon
うなぎ丼うなどん
eel donburi
おやこ丼おやこどん
oyakodon

Additional Examples

国の経済だって、家庭の経済だって、個人の経済だって、丼勘定でいいものではない。
Whether it's national economics, family economics, or personal economics, it's not something where sloppy accounting is good enough.tatoeba
デミカツ丼とも。
It is also called demi katsudon.wiki
醤油だれカツ丼。
The tare katsudon is served with a soy-sauce-based sauce.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Rice bowl (donburi). 井 (a well) + a dot — like a pebble dropping into a well: 'don!'

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 丼

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