俵
bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒョウ
Kun'yomi
- たわら
Meaning
俵 centers on a container made for bundling and carrying bulk goods: a bag, sack, or bale, especially the traditional straw rice bag. The counter sense is a natural extension of counting such bags.
Most common words using 俵
20 of 29- 土俵どひょうN1
(wrestling) ring
- 俵たわら
straw bag; sack; bale
- 土俵入りどひょういり
entrance procession of wrestlers into the ring
- 土俵際どひょうぎわ
edge of the ring
- 一俵いっぴょう
one (straw) bagful
- 上げ俵あげだわら
4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring
- 俵数ひょうすう
number of straw bags
- 俵物たわらもの
goods in straw bags
- 俵編たわらあみ
making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)
- 俵茱萸たわらぐみ
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
- 俵責めたわらぜめ
Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)
- 俵雪たわらゆき
snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow)
- 内俵うちだわら
bales forming the edge of the ring
- 初土俵はつどひょう
first tournament for a wrestler
- 勝負俵しょうぶだわら
bales forming the edge of the ring
- 土俵人生どひょうじんせい
wrestler's active career
- 土俵廻しどひょうまわし
wrestler's belt used in a bout
- 土俵溜まりどひょうだまり
waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring
- 土俵祭りどひょうまつり
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
- 土俵開きどひょうびらき
opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable
Study
Etymology
俵 combines 亻 (person) with 表, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of an outer covering or surface, as a bag is an outer container. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside 表 (surface/outside) suggests a person handling an outer covering: a bag or sack used to wrap and carry things.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒョウ, imagine a person carrying a heavy bag and letting out a loud 'hyo!' sound as they lift it: hyo -> ヒョウ.