甕

jar; jug; vat

18 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2448.

Readings

• かめ (kun reading): 甕 (かめ) earthenware pot; 甕棺 (かめかん) burial urn (often two-storey)
• オウ (on reading)
• みか (kun reading): 甕 (みか) large earthenware pot (for brewing sake)

Components

• 雍
• 瓦
• 亠 radical lid
• 幺 radical short thread
• 瓦 radical tile
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Words using 甕

• 甕 (かめ) earthenware pot
• 甕棺 (かめかん) burial urn (often two-storey)
• 大甕 (おおがめ) large earthenware pot (esp. for storage of liquids)
• 厨子甕 (ずしがめ) decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa)
• 酒甕 (さかがめ) sake jug
• 甕 (みか) large earthenware pot (for brewing sake)
• 甕 (たしらか) fired earthenware vessel used by the emperor to clean his hands

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