筏
raft
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Readings
On'yomi
- バツ
- ハツ
- ボチ
Kun'yomi
- いかだ
Meaning
筏 centers on a simple floating platform made of tied materials: a raft.
Most common words using 筏
- 筏いかだ
raft
- 梛筏なぎいかだ
butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- 竹筏てっぱい
Taiwanese bamboo raft
- 筏乗りいかだのり
raftsman; rafter
- 筏師いかだし
raftsman; rafter
- 筏流しいかだながし
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
- 花筏はないかだ
floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft
Study
Etymology
筏 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 伐, which likely contributes the sound and suggests cutting or felling bamboo to construct a raft.
Meaning mnemonic
Bamboo 竹 is cut and tied 伐 together to make a raft: 筏 is a raft made of bamboo.
Reading mnemonic
For バツ, imagine a raft made of bats: bats -> バツ, and the bats are tied together like bamboo poles.