round wooden rice container
A traditional round wooden container with a lid, used for keeping cooked rice. The reading いいびつ is a variant, possibly influenced by 歪 (いびつ) meaning 'distorted', but the container itself is not necessarily misshapen.
See also: いびつ
祖母は炊きたてのご飯を飯櫃に移した。
My grandmother transferred the freshly cooked rice into the wooden rice container.
A rice container is a traditional kitchen utensil.
Standard kanji spelling for the rice container.
Search-only form; not a standard kanji spelling.
Formed from 飯 “cooked rice” and 櫃 “lidded chest or container,” with sequential voicing changing ひつ to びつ.