棚
shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis
Readings
On'yomi
- ホウ
Kun'yomi
- たな
- -だな
Meaning
棚 centers on a flat horizontal surface used for holding or displaying things: a shelf, ledge, or rack. Extended uses like a trellis or mantle are specific types of such surfaces.
Most common words using 棚
20 of 64- 棚たなN5
shelf; ledge; rack
- 本棚ほんだなN5
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
- 棚田たなだ
terraced rice fields
- 戸棚とだなN2
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
- 棚上げたなあげ
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside; putting on hold
- 神棚かみだな
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
- 棚卸したなおろし
stocktaking; inventory count
- 書棚しょだな
bookshelf
- 網棚あみだな
(overhead) luggage rack (on a train, bus, etc.)
- 棚引くたなびく
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
- 藤棚ふじだな
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
- 棚ボタたなぼた
godsend; windfall
- 飾り棚かざりだな
display shelf; display case
- 大陸棚たいりくだな
continental shelf
- 厨子棚ずしだな
cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.)
- 吊り戸棚つりとだな
hanging cupboard; wall cabinet
- 岩棚いわだな
(rock) ledge
- 店棚みせだな
display shelf (in a store)
- 戸棚風呂とだなぶろ
public bath (Edo period)
- 手荷物棚てにもつだな
luggage rack; overhead compartment
Study
Etymology
棚 combines 木 (wood) with 朋, which likely contributes the sound ホウ. The character originally referred to a wooden shelf or rack.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 朋 looks like two shelves stacked together. Picture a wooden shelf unit made of two planks side by side.
Reading mnemonic
For ホウ, imagine a wooden shelf holding a hoe: hoe -> ホウ, and the hoe rests on the wooden ledge.