鉢

See also 缽, and 钵

Translingual

shinjitai	鉢
simplified	钵
traditional	缽

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 缽 (缶 → 金).

In current form, 金 + 本.

Han character

鉢 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金木一 (CDM))

1. earthenware basin
2. alms bowl (Sanskrit paatra)

References

• KangXi: page 1302, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40317
• Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4183, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9262

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Japanese

Kanji

鉢 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: はち (hachi), はつ (hatsu)
• Kun: はち (hachi)

Compounds

• 金魚鉢 (きんぎょばち, kingyo bachi, “goldfish bowl”)
• 擂鉢 (すりばち, suribachi, “mortar (bowl)”)
• 火鉢 (ひばち, hibachi, “A charcoal-powered heating brazier”)
• 鉢植え (はちうえ, hachiue, “potted plant”)

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Korean

Hanja

鉢 (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune-Reischauer pal, Yale pal)

1. (바리때 발, barittae-): bowl (perhaps originally, Buddhist alms bowl)

Compounds

• 沙鉢 (사발, sabal) porcelain bowl
• 周鉢 (주발, jubal) brass bowl

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉢 (bát)