缽

See also 鉢, and 钵

Translingual

shinjitai	鉢
simplified	钵
traditional	缽

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 缶 (“pot”) + 本 (“basic”) – a basic (humble) pot.

Han character

缽 (radical 121 缶+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人山木一 (OUDM), four-corner 8474₉)

1. earthenware basin
2. alms bowl

Descendants

• 鉢 钵

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 945, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28136
• Dae Jaweon: page 1385, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2936, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7F3D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

缽 (simplified 钵, Yale but3)

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Japanese

Kanji

缽

Readings

• On: はち (hachi), はつ (hatsu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

缽 (simplified 钵, pinyin bō (bo1), Wade-Giles po¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

缽 (bát)