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Kotomora

箪

bamboo rice basket

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Readings

On'yomi

  • タン

Kun'yomi

  • はこ

Meaning

箪 centers on a container made of bamboo: a basket used for holding rice or other items.

Most common words using 箪

  • 箪笥たんす
    N2

    chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

  • 瓢箪ひょうたん

    calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

  • ベビー箪笥ベビーだんす

    small-sized wardrobe

  • 一箪いったん

    bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

  • 一箪の食一瓢の飲いったんのしいっぴょうのいん

    simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

  • 千成瓢箪せんなりびょうたん

    bottle gourd

  • 瓢箪から駒ひょうたんからこま

    something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

  • 瓢箪から駒が出るひょうたんからこまがでる

    something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd

  • 瓢箪鯰ひょうたんなまず

    (person) slippery as an eel

  • 箪食たんし

    bamboo dish of rice

  • 箪食壺漿たんしこしょう

    receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee

  • 箪食瓢飲たんしひょういん

    simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

  • 茶箪笥ちゃだんす

    tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements

  • 衣装箪笥いしょうだんす

    wardrobe

  • 階段箪笥かいだんたんす

    chest of drawers that also function as stairs

  • 青瓢箪あおびょうたん

    green calabash; unripe gourd

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Etymology

箪 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 单, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a bamboo basket or container.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 竹 is bamboo, and the bottom 单 looks like a simple container. Picture a bamboo basket woven to hold rice.

Reading mnemonic

For タン, imagine a tan-colored bamboo basket filled with rice: tan -> タン, and the basket is made of bamboo.