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椀 = 宛 + 木

椀 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wooden bowl”. It is built from 宛 (address) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2550.

Keyword
wooden bowl
RTK frame
2550
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ワン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はち
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
wooden or lacquered bowl, деревянная чаша
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
椀 bowl

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 宛 address
  2. 木 tree

How to find 椀 without knowing its reading

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

Open 椀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.