also: みかわ
large earthenware pot (for brewing sake)
Archaic term for a large clay jar used in sake brewing. Not used in modern everyday language; encountered mainly in historical or cultural contexts.
Old documents depict large earthenware pots for brewing sake.
They stored the sake by putting it into a large earthenware jar.
In this region there are still sake breweries that ferment their sake in large earthenware jars.
Archaic kanji for a large earthenware pot. The reading みか is restricted to this form.
Alternate kanji form with the reading みかわ. Rare and archaic.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 甕 is conventionally associated with large earthenware vessels.