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Readings

Kana: カ、なべ
Romaji: ka, nabe
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pot, pan, kettle

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  167
Frequency:  1810
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-8-9
Korean Reading:  gwa
Chinese Reading:  guo1
Unicode:  934b
JIS:  4669

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1752
Nelson Index: 4892
New Nelson Index: 6315
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a9.13
Four Corner Index: 8712.7
Gakken Index: 1728
Japanese Names Index: 2650
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40603
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0592
Remembering the kanji Index: 2757
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1564
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1388
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2202
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2849

Words

(なべ)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
鴨鍋 (かもなべ)
dish of duck meat cooked with cabbage, spring onions, tofu, etc.
土鍋 (どなべ)
earthenware pot
肉鍋 (にくなべ)
meat served in a pot
鍋墨 (なべずみ)
soot on the bottom of a pot or pan
手鍋提げても (てなべさげても)
even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means
寄せ鍋 (よせなべ)
pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder
牛鍋 (ぎゅうなべ)
thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki
鍋料理 (なべりょうり)
hot pot cooking
慈善鍋 (じぜんなべ)
charity pot
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