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鉢 = 本 + 金

鉢 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bowl”. It is built from 本 (book) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 289.

Keyword
bowl
RTK frame
289
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハチ, ハツ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
чаша
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鉢 earthenware basin

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 本 book
  2. 金 gold

How to find 鉢 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鉢 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.