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堝 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
カか · ka
Kun
るつぼrutsubo
Meaning
crucible

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 咼 as phonetic: the clay vessel in which metal is melted.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 坩堝るつぼ

    crucible; melting pot

  • 熔解ようかい

    melting down

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

会場(かいじょう)は熱気(ねっき)の坩堝(るつぼ)と化(か)していた。

The hall had become a melting pot of excitement.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

坩堝熔解熔解堝坩crucib…熔to mel…解to sol…圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…戈halber…夭to die…夸to boa…呵to sco…珈a jewe…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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