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丼 = 丶 + 井

丼 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “donburi”. It is built from 丶 (dot) and 井 (well). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1947.

Keyword
donburi
RTK frame
1947
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トン, タン, ショウ, セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
どんぶり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bowl, донбури
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
丼 bowl of food

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 丶 dot
  2. 井 well

How to find 丼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dot” + “well”. 丼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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