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Readings

Kana: コ、つぼ
Romaji: ko, tsubo
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

jar, pot, hinge knuckle, one's aim

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  2197
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  hu2
Unicode:  58f7
JIS:  445B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1093
New Nelson Index: 1034
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3p9.2
Four Corner Index: 4010.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5657
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0290
Remembering the kanji Index: 2904
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2913
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2852

Words

(つぼ、ツボ、つほ、つふ)
jar; pot; vase; dice cup; depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall); target (when aiming an arrow); (figurative) bull's-eye; key point (of a conversation, etc.); acupuncture point; moxibustion point; nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.)
茶壺 (ちゃつぼ)
tea jar; tea urn
滝壷 (たきつぼ)
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
墨壷 (すみつぼ)
ink bottle; carpenter's inking device
思うつぼ (おもうつぼ、おもうツボ)
one's wishes; one's expectations; just as expected
()
hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
蛸壷 (たこつぼ)
octopus pot; foxhole
痰壺 (たんつぼ)
spittoon; cuspidor
思う壺にはまる (おもうつぼにはまる)
to turn out just as one wished; to play into the hands (of)
骨壷 (こつつぼ)
funerary urn
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