榾ほた

• 本ほんN5

  Used for long, stick-like pieces of firewood; for small chips or kindling, native speakers may also use 個 in casual speech.

• 榾ほた場ば

  site for mushroom-growing logs · village-shared forest site for gathering firewood

• 榾ほた木ぎ

  kindling; tinder; firewood chips · mushroom-growing log

• 榾Usage100%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • ほた

    Standard kanji form for this word.

  • ほだ
• 榾柮
  rarely-used kanji form
  • ほた

    Rarely used kanji form; the second character is uncommon.

  • ほだ
• ほだ

  Alternate reading; also used as a kana spelling.

The origin is uncertain. The kanji 榾 is a kokuji (Japanese-created character) combining 木 (tree) and 骨 (bone), possibly suggesting the hard, woody nature of kindling.