壺 — kanji meaning “jar”
壺
jar, pot
- Meanings
- jar, pot
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- つぼ
- Strokes
- 12
- Classical radical
- 33
- Chinese reading
- hú — Chinese character page
Words with 壺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便壺 | べんつぼ bentsubo | night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse |
| 金壺眼 | かなつぼまなこ kanatsubomanako | goggle-eyes; round, sunken eyes; greedy look |
| 油壺 | あぶらつぼ aburatsubo | oil bottle (esp. for hair oil) |
| 茶壺 | ちゃつぼ chatsubo | tea jar; tea urn |
| 蛸壺 | たこつぼ takotsubo | octopus pot |
| 痰壺 | たんつぼ tantsubo | spittoon; cuspidor |
| 壺皿 | つぼざら tsubozara | small, deep dish; dice cup |
| 思う壺 | おもうつぼ omoutsubo | one's wishes; one's expectations |
| 富士壺 | ふじつぼ fujitsubo | acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.) |
| インク壺 | インクつぼ inkutsubo | inkwell |
| 唾壺 | だこ dako | spittoon |
| 土壺 | どつぼ dotsubo | terrible situation; awful state of affairs; (being) in the shit |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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