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Kotomora

柈

container

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン

Kun'yomi

  • はち

Meaning

柈 centers on a container, likely a wooden bowl or tray. The single given meaning points to a vessel for holding things.

Study

Etymology

柈 combines 木 (tree/wood) with 半, which likely contributes the sound. The character probably originally referred to a wooden container or tray.

Meaning mnemonic

A wooden (木) half (半) of a split log hollowed out makes a simple container: 柈 is a wooden bowl or tray.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, imagine a hand (ハン sounds like 'hand') holding a wooden container: hand -> ハン, and the container is made of wood.