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甑

Readings

Kana: ソウ、ショウ、こしき

Romaji: sou, shō, koshiki

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

rice-steaming pot

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 15

Radical Number: 98

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-11-5

Korean Reading: jeung

Chinese Reading: zeng4

Unicode: 7511

JIS: 3979

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 3706

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c13.3

Four Corner Index: 8161.7

Daikanwanjiten Index: 21602X

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.1012

Words

甑 (こしき、そう)

steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood); steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production)

甑炉 (そうろ)

furnace (for casting bronze)

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