槽
vat, tub, tank
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- ふね
Meaning
槽 centers on a large container for holding liquids or solids: a vat, tub, or tank.
Most common words using 槽
20 of 33- 水槽すいそう
water tank; cistern
- 槽うけ
basin; tub
- 槽そう
body (of a biwa)
- 浴槽よくそうN1
bathtub
- 浄化槽じょうかそう
water-purification tank
- 歯槽しそう
(dental) alveolus; tooth socket
- 一槽式いっそうしき
one-part washing machine
- 主浴槽しゅよくそう
main bath (i.e. in a bathhouse)
- 二槽式にそうしき
two-part washing machine
- 便槽べんそう
tub used to collect feces in an outhouse
- 受水槽じゅすいそう
water tank
- 木槽もくそう
wooden vat (esp. for sake brewing); wooden tank
- 木槽天秤しぼりきぶねてんびんしぼり
(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole
- 歯槽炎しそうえん
alveolitis
- 歯槽膿漏しそうのうろう
periodontitis; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris; inflammation of the gingiva (gums) resulting in bone loss
- 歯槽骨しそうこつ
alveolar bone
- 水槽車すいそうしゃ
tank truck; tank car
- 沈殿槽ちんでんそう
precipitation tank; settling tank; sedimentation tank
- 油槽ゆそう
oil tank
- 洗濯槽せんたくそう
washing machine tub
Study
Etymology
槽 combines 木 (wood) with 曹, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a wooden trough or container.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 曹 looks like a container with a lid and internal divisions. Picture a large wooden tub or vat made from planks.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine a soul (ソウ) being stored in a wooden vat: soul -> ソウ, and the vat holds it.