pot, pan, kettle
鍋 centers on a metal cooking vessel: a pot, pan, or kettle used for heating or boiling.
鍋 combines 金 (metal) with 咼, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a metal cooking pot.
The left side is metal 金, and the right side 咼 looks like a pot with a lid and handle. Picture a metal pot on the stove.
For カ, imagine a car-shaped pot: car -> カ, and the metal pot is shaped like a little car.
pan; pot; saucepan
earthenware pot
pan; pot
stew; food cooked in a pot
sukiyaki
goosefish hotpot
takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)
chankonabe; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish
pot with a bail for a handle
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
style of hot pot cooking using a large amount of grated daikon
hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso
kimchi hot pot
casserole; heavy saucepan; stewpot
slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing jingisukan
tajine; tagine
Korean stew; Korean hot pot
harihari nabe; whale meat and potherb mustard hot pot
pot with two handles