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釜

kettle, cauldron, iron pot

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • フ

Kun'yomi

  • かま

Meaning

釜 centers on a sturdy metal cooking vessel: a kettle, cauldron, or iron pot used for boiling or heating.

Most common words using 釜

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  • 釜かま
    N2

    iron pot; kettle

  • お釜おかま

    pot

  • 釜山プサン

    Busan (South Korea); Pusan

  • 後釜あとがま

    successor; replacement

  • 釜飯かまめし

    rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

  • 塩釜しおがま

    salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)

  • 大釜おおがま

    cauldron

  • 茶釜ちゃがま

    kettle (used in tea ceremony)

  • お釜帽おかまぼう

    bowler hat; felt hat

  • 一つ釜ひとつかま

    one or the same pot; eating or living together

  • 二重釜にじゅうがま

    jacketed kettle; double boiler

  • 内釜うちがま

    rice cooker pot; pot inside rice cooker

  • 初釜はつがま

    first tea ceremony of New Year

  • 同じ釜の飯を食うおなじかまのめしをくう

    to live together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot

  • 土釜どがま

    earthen rice cooker

  • 圧力釜あつりょくがま

    pressure cooker

  • 地獄の釜じごくのかま

    the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

  • 地獄の釜の蓋じごくのかまのふた

    creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

  • 地獄の釜の蓋も開くじごくのかまのふたもあく

    even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

  • 塩釜焼きしおがまやき

    cooking a fish inside a salt crust

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Etymology

釜 combines 父 (likely a phonetic component) with a lower element representing metal or a vessel. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it is associated with metal pots.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 父 looks like a lid or handle, and the lower part resembles a metal pot. Picture a father lifting the lid of a steaming iron kettle.

Reading mnemonic

For フ, imagine a huge cauldron full of bubbling food: the sound of bubbling 'fu fu' cues フ while the pot heats up.