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Kotomora

棚

shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホウ

Kun'yomi

  • たな
  • -だな

Meaning

棚 centers on a flat horizontal surface used for holding or displaying things: a shelf, ledge, or rack. Extended uses like a trellis or mantle are specific types of such surfaces.

Most common words using 棚

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  • 棚たな
    N5

    shelf; ledge; rack

  • 本棚ほんだな
    N5

    bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

  • 棚田たなだ

    terraced rice fields

  • 戸棚とだな
    N2

    cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

  • 棚上げたなあげ

    shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside; putting on hold

  • 神棚かみだな

    kamidana; household shrine; home shrine

  • 棚卸したなおろし

    stocktaking; inventory count

  • 書棚しょだな

    bookshelf

  • 網棚あみだな

    (overhead) luggage rack (on a train, bus, etc.)

  • 棚引くたなびく

    to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

  • 藤棚ふじだな

    wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola

  • 棚ボタたなぼた

    godsend; windfall

  • 飾り棚かざりだな

    display shelf; display case

  • 大陸棚たいりくだな

    continental shelf

  • 厨子棚ずしだな

    cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.)

  • 吊り戸棚つりとだな

    hanging cupboard; wall cabinet

  • 岩棚いわだな

    (rock) ledge

  • 店棚みせだな

    display shelf (in a store)

  • 戸棚風呂とだなぶろ

    public bath (Edo period)

  • 手荷物棚てにもつだな

    luggage rack; overhead compartment

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Study

Etymology

棚 combines 木 (wood) with 朋, which likely contributes the sound ホウ. The character originally referred to a wooden shelf or rack.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is wood 木, and the right side 朋 looks like two shelves stacked together. Picture a wooden shelf unit made of two planks side by side.

Reading mnemonic

For ホウ, imagine a wooden shelf holding a hoe: hoe -> ホウ, and the hoe rests on the wooden ledge.