桶
tub, bucket
Readings
On'yomi
- ヨウ
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- おけ
Meaning
桶 centers on a wooden container for holding liquids or other materials: a tub or bucket.
Most common words using 桶
20 of 36- 桶おけN1
bucket; pail; tub
- 棺桶かんおけ
coffin; casket
- ため桶ためおけ
bucket (for carrying sake, soy sauce, etc.)
- まぐさ桶まぐさおけ
manger; crib; trough
- ケロリン桶ケロリンおけ
yellow plastic container used at public baths
- 仕込み桶しこみおけ
vat for making rice wine
- 天水桶てんすいおけ
rain barrel
- 寿司桶すしおけ
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 小桶こおけ
small bucket
- 手桶ておけ
pail; bucket
- 担い桶にないおけ
bucket carried on either end of a pole
- 早桶はやおけ
roughly made casket; quickly made casket
- 木桶きおけ
wooden vat; wooden tub
- 桶側胴おけがわどう
tub-sided samurai cuirass
- 桶太鼓おけだいこ
barrel drum; drum with an uncurved body
- 桶屋おけや
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
- 桶柑たんかん
tankan orange (Citrus tankan); tankan mandarin
- 桶胴太鼓おけどうだいこ
barrel drum; drum with an uncurved body
- 水桶みずおけ
pail (for water); bucket
- 洗い桶あらいおけ
washtub; dishpan; washing-up bowl
Study
Etymology
桶 combines 木 (tree/wood) with 甬, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a hollow container. Together they suggest a wooden vessel.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 甬 looks like a container with a handle. Picture a wooden bucket made from tree planks.
Reading mnemonic
For ヨウ, imagine a wooden bucket being used to carry water: you (ヨウ) lift the bucket by its handle. You -> ヨウ.