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甑 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「瓦」

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On
ソウ・ショウそう・しょう · sō · shō
Kun
こしきkoshiki
Meaning
steaming pot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earthenware 瓦 with 曾 "to stack": the pot stacked over water to steam rice.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 甑こしき

    rice-steaming vessel

  • 甑島こしきしま

    Koshiki Islands

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

甑(こしき)で米(べい)を蒸(む)して酒(さけ)を仕込(しこ)む。

They steam rice in the koshiki to brew sake.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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