箪
bamboo rice basket
Readings
On'yomi
- タン
Kun'yomi
- はこ
Meaning
箪 centers on a container made of bamboo: a basket used for holding rice or other items.
Most common words using 箪
- 箪笥たんすN2
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
- 瓢箪ひょうたん
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd
- ベビー箪笥ベビーだんす
small-sized wardrobe
- 一箪いったん
bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish
- 一箪の食一瓢の飲いったんのしいっぴょうのいん
simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink
- 千成瓢箪せんなりびょうたん
bottle gourd
- 瓢箪から駒ひょうたんからこま
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd
- 瓢箪から駒が出るひょうたんからこまがでる
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd
- 瓢箪鯰ひょうたんなまず
(person) slippery as an eel
- 箪食たんし
bamboo dish of rice
- 箪食壺漿たんしこしょう
receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee
- 箪食瓢飲たんしひょういん
simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink
- 茶箪笥ちゃだんす
tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements
- 衣装箪笥いしょうだんす
wardrobe
- 階段箪笥かいだんたんす
chest of drawers that also function as stairs
- 青瓢箪あおびょうたん
green calabash; unripe gourd
Study
Etymology
箪 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 单, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a bamboo basket or container.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 竹 is bamboo, and the bottom 单 looks like a simple container. Picture a bamboo basket woven to hold rice.
Reading mnemonic
For タン, imagine a tan-colored bamboo basket filled with rice: tan -> タン, and the basket is made of bamboo.