漢字道KANJIDO

10 strokesRadical

5Elementary year 610 strokesRadical
On
ヒョウ
Kun
たわら
Meaning
straw bag; bale

Origin

ORIGIN

亻 "person" plus 表 "outside"; the outer bag that holds rice — hence "straw bale."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ヒョウ一俵・土俵
たわら俵・米俵

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 土俵どひょう

    sumo ring

  • 米俵こめだわら

    bale of rice

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

力士が土俵に上がった。

The sumo wrestler stepped into the ring.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)