Skip to content
Kotomora

笵

bamboo frame, law

Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン
  • ボン

Kun'yomi

  • のり

Meaning

笵 centers on a structured framework or pattern: a bamboo frame used as a mold or model, and by extension a law or rule that serves as a standard.

Study

Etymology

笵 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 氾, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a broad pattern or overflow, suggesting a bamboo frame used as a mold or standard.

Meaning mnemonic

Bamboo 竹 is shaped into a frame 氾, like a mold that sets the law for how things should be formed.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, imagine a hand (ハン) carefully bending bamboo into a frame to set the law: hand -> ハン.