What does kanji 壷 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 壷 is hinge knuckle.

How is kanji 壷 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 壷 are つぼ; the onyomi readings are コ.

What words use kanji 壷?

Example words that use kanji 壷 include 壷, 壷草, 壷中, 壷中の天地.

Pre-Level 1

壷

Meaning

Kanji 壷

hinge knuckle

hinge knuckle, jar, one's aim, pot

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: つぼ
Onyomi 音読み: コ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 壺 (Formal) , 壶 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: #2197
Strokes: 11
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 壺 • 㯛

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Showing 18 common entries

Showing 18 of 30 entries that include this kanji.

壷

こ

hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

壷草

つぼくさ

Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

壷中

こちゅう

inside a jar

壷中の天地

こちゅうのてんち

another world

壷黴

つぼかび

chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales)

火消し壷

ひけしつぼ

charcoal extinguisher

桐壷

きりつぼ

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

酒壷

さかつぼ

sake jar

唾壷

だこ

spittoon

蛸壷

たこつぼ

foxhole (in a battlefield)

茶壷

ちゃつぼ

tea jar

投壷

とうこ

pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)

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古い壷に酒が入っている。

There is sake in the old jar.

庭で見つけた壷をきれいに洗った。

I cleaned the jar I found in the garden.

彼は大きな壷に水をためた。

He stored water in a large pot.

この壷は祖母の形見です。

This jar is a keepsake from my grandmother.

花を飾るなら、その青い壷がいい。

If you want to display flowers, that blue jar is good.

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