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    3. 釜

    釜

    釜かま

    kettle

    KMT9Freq #1761Food & DiningHome & HousingKanji10 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かま

    On'yomi

    フ

    kettlecauldroniron pot

    父金

    父
    金

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    Speed1.0x

    釡針釘釖釟釛釧釣金鑿

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    釜

    iron pot

    一つ釜

    one or the same pot

    二重釜

    jacketed kettle

    大釜

    cauldron

    内釜

    rice cooker pot

    釜石石

    kamaishilite

    電気釜

    electric rice-cooker

    釜山

    Busan (South Korea)

    圧力釜

    pressure cooker

    土釜

    earthen rice cooker

    外釜

    outer pot of a rice cooker

    釜場

    boiler room

    後釜に座る

    to succeed to someone's post

    月夜に釜を抜かれる

    to make a blunder

    後釜

    successor

    初釜

    first tea ceremony of New Year

    同じ釜の飯を食う

    to live together

    釜中の魚

    fish in a pot about to be boiled

    文福茶釜

    bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)

    釜師

    teakettle caster

    釜玉うどん

    udon with raw egg, and shoyu, dashi, etc.

    地獄の釜

    the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

    後釜に据える

    to install (a person) in (someone's) place

    羽釜

    broad-brimmed cooking pot for rice

    茶釜

    kettle (used in tea ceremony)

    釜飯

    rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

    塩釜焼き

    cooking a fish inside a salt crust

    塩釜

    salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)

    釜風呂

    steam bath (often using brine)

    風呂釜

    bath heater

    地獄の釜の蓋も開く

    even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

    釜揚げうどん

    straight-from-the-pot udon

    釜敷

    kettle rest

    釣釜

    iron kettle suspended on a chain

    お釜

    pot

    ネ釜

    male who pretends to be female online

    釜炒り茶

    green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

    地獄の釜の蓋

    creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

    釜茹で

    boiling in an iron pot

    蒸し釜

    steaming kettle

    お釜帽

    bowler hat

    鍋釜

    pots and pans

    釜煎り

    boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

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    • 父
    • 金

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    • 釜
    • 後釜
    • お釜
    • 初釜
    • 二重釜
    • 風呂釜
    • 電気釜
    • 釜茹で
    • 鍋釜
    • 釜飯
    • 釜敷
    • 土釜
    • 茶釜
    • 一つ釜
    • 後釜に据える
    • 後釜に座る
    • 圧力釜
    • 文福茶釜
    • 同じ釜の飯を食う
    • ネ釜
    • 釜揚げうどん
    • 釜場
    • 釜風呂
    • 内釜
    • 外釜
    • 釣釜
    • 釜炒り茶
    • 釜煎り
    • 釜玉うどん
    • 塩釜
    • 塩釜焼き
    • 大釜
    • お釜帽
    • 釜中の魚
    • 地獄の釜の蓋も開く
    • 地獄の釜の蓋
    • 地獄の釜
    • 釜石石
    • 月夜に釜を抜かれる
    • 釜山
    • 釜師
    • 羽釜
    • 蒸し釜

    Similar concepts

    • 釡
    • 針
    • 釘
    • 釖
    • 釟
    • 釛
    • 釧
    • 釣
    • 金
    • 鑿

    Variants

    • 釒

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