rice bowl
A bowl specifically for serving cooked rice, often a lacquered wooden bowl in traditional settings.
My mother served rice into a rice bowl for me.
Standard kanji spelling; 椀 specifically means a wooden or lacquered bowl.
Variant using 碗, which can refer to ceramic or porcelain bowls; both spellings are used.
Compound of 飯 (めし, 'cooked rice') and 椀 (わん, 'bowl').