What does kanji 俵 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 俵 is bag.

How is kanji 俵 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 俵 are たわら; the onyomi readings are ヒョウ.

Which school grade teaches kanji 俵?

Kanji 俵 is taught in Jōyō Grade 6.

What is the main radical of kanji 俵?

The main radical for kanji 俵 is 人.

What words use kanji 俵?

Example words that use kanji 俵 include 俵, 俵数, 俵責め, 俵雪.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 5

俵

Meaning

Kanji 俵

bag

bag, bale, sack, counter for bags

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: たわら
Onyomi 音読み: ヒョウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Old form: - • Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: Grade 6
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1481
Strokes: 10
Radical: 人
Components: 二 • 亠 • 化 • 土 • 士 • 衣
Kanji Kentei: Level 5
Similar Kanji: 素 • 表 • 責 • 青 • 毒 • 麦 • 裱

Related vocabulary

27 common entries

Showing 27 of 29 entries that include this kanji.

俵

たわら

counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)

俵数

ひょうすう

number of straw bags

俵責め

たわらぜめ

Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

俵雪

たわらゆき

snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)

俵物

たわらもの

goods in straw bags

俵編

たわらあみ

making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)

俵茱萸

たわらぐみ

Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)

土俵

どひょう

(wrestling) ring

一俵

いっぴょう

one (straw) bagful

角俵

かどだわら

bales forming the outer rim of the ring

桟俵

さんだわら

straw lid covering either end of a rice container

初土俵

はつどひょう

first tournament for a wrestler

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

米を俵に詰めた。

We packed the rice into straw bags.

彼は米を三俵買った。

He bought three sacks of rice.

土俵の上に力士が立っている。

A sumo wrestler is standing on the sumo ring.

祭りのために米百俵が寄付された。

One hundred sacks of rice were donated for the festival.

農民は俵を肩に担いだ。

The farmer carried the straw bag on his shoulder.