Pre-Level 1
甑

Meaning

Kanji 甑

rice-steaming pot

rice-steaming pot

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
こしき
Onyomi 音読み
ショウソウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 䰝 (Itaiji)

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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
層 • 贈 • 憎 • 僧 • 增 • 曾 • 噌

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

甑

こしき

steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood)

甑炉

そうろ

furnace (for casting bronze)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

祖母は甑で米を蒸した。

My grandmother steamed rice with a rice-steaming pot.

古い甑が納屋に残っていた。

An old rice-steaming pot remained in the shed.

祭りの日には大きな甑を使う。

On festival days, they use a large rice-steaming pot.

甑から湯気が立ちのぼっている。

Steam is rising from the rice-steaming pot.

父は甑のふたを静かに開けた。

My father quietly opened the lid of the rice-steaming pot.