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鍋

Cooking Pot
Stroke count: 17

Readings

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Meanings

  1. cooking Pot
  2. kettle
  3. pan
    鍋を焦げつかせるな。Don't let the pan boil dry.tatoeba
    彼は非常にきちんとした人なので、すべての鍋類はあるべき場所に整理されている。He is such a tidy person. Every pot and pan is in its place.tatoeba
  4. potRtK
    鍋が湯わかしを黒いという。The pot calls the kettle black.tatoeba
    鍋がふきこぼれているよ。The pot is boiling over.tatoeba
  1. saucepan
  2. stew
  3. hot pot

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · jawbone · joint · hood (冂) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1388

Compound words

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Pot. 金 (metal) + 咼 (round) — a round metal pot. 鍋料理 — hot pot.

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