funerary urn; cremation urn
A container for the ashes of a cremated person, used in Japanese Buddhist funerary rites.
After cremation, the remains are placed in a funerary urn.
A funerary urn is buried under the grave.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern Japanese.
Variant using the traditional form of 壷; less common but still seen.
Search-only form mixing kanji and kana; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 骨 (kotsu, 'bone') and 壷 (tsubo, 'pot, jar'). The reading こつつぼ is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 骨 and the kun'yomi of 壷.