釜 — kanji meaning “kettle”
釜
kettle, cauldron, iron pot
- Meanings
- kettle, cauldron, iron pot
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi
- かま
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #1761 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- fǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 釜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 釜山 | プサン pusan | Busan (South Korea); Pusan |
| 後釜 | あとがま atogama | successor; replacement |
| 釜飯 | かまめし kamameshi | rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot |
| 塩釜 | しおがま shiogama | salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt) |
| 大釜 | おおがま oogama | cauldron |
| 茶釜 | ちゃがま chagama | kettle (used in tea ceremony) |
| 釜茹で | かまゆで kamayude | boiling in an iron pot |
| 羽釜 | はがま hagama | broad-brimmed cooking pot for rice |
| 土釜 | どがま dogama | earthen rice cooker |
| お釜 | おかま okama | pot |
| 初釜 | はつがま hatsugama | first tea ceremony of New Year |
| 二重釜 | にじゅうがま nijuugama | jacketed kettle; double boiler |
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