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椀 (わん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

椀わん

わ

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

wooden bowl

Specifically a bowl made of wood, as opposed to 碗 which can refer to bowls of any material. Used for soup, rice, or other dishes.

See also: 碗

お椀わんに味み噌そ汁しるをよそってください。
Please serve the miso soup into the wooden bowl.

2

counter for bowls of food or drink

Used to count servings in a bowl, typically for soup, rice, or similar dishes.

ご飯はんを二に椀わん食たべた。
I ate two bowls of rice.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を椀わんに盛もるto serve/place (food) in a wooden bowl
炊たきたてのご飯はんを椀わんに盛もった。
I served the freshly cooked rice in a wooden bowl.
〈数すう〉椀わんcounter for servings of soup or rice in a bowl
みそ汁しるを二に椀わんください。
Two bowls of miso soup, please.

Grammar

一人ひとり・二に本ほん・三さん冊さつNumbers and countersN5

Kanji

椀wooden or lacquered bowl

Related words

丼どんぶりN2sense 1
椀 is a smaller bowl typically used for soup or rice as a side, whereas 丼 is a larger, deeper bowl used for full rice dishes like 牛丼.

Politeness

お椀わんN1
椀 is the plain word for a wooden bowl, while お椀 adds the honorific お to make it more polite and is the form typically used in everyday speech.

Don't confuse with

碗わんN2sense 1
椀 refers specifically to a wooden bowl, while 碗 (same reading) can refer to a bowl made of any material such as ceramic or porcelain.
茶ちゃ碗わんN5
椀 usually refers to a lacquered wooden bowl used for soup or miso soup, while 茶碗 is a ceramic bowl used mainly for rice or tea.

Counted with

客きゃくN4
guest; visitor · customer; client; patron · counter for servings (for guests)

Word family· 8

わんこそば
soba noodles served continuously in small bowls
お椀わんN1
bowl (wooden)
椀わん形がた
bowl-shaped; dome-shaped
椀わん種

Written forms

椀わんUsage70%
Standard kanji for a wooden bowl; it is the primary form.
わんUsage30%
碗わん
Common variant for bowls in general, including ceramic and metal; cross-referenced.

Etymology

The kanji 椀 is composed of 木 (tree, wood) and 完 (complete, perfect), indicating a wooden vessel. The reading わん is a Sino-Japanese on'yomi.

だね

soup ingredients; solid ingredients in clear soup

止とめ椀わん

last soup in a kaiseki course; final soup

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汁しる椀わん
soup bowl
飯めし椀わん
rice bowl
椀わん盛もり
food cooked by boiling or stewing