10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

kettle, cauldron, iron pot

Kun'yomi
  • iron pot
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

かま 100.0%

Character Breakdown

kettle, cauldron, iron pot
かま フ (11th)
father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide

Common Words

iron pot
successor ②second wife
kettle (used in tea ceremony)
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
boiling in an iron pot ②boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
electric rice-cooker
bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)
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References

Unicode hex code 91DC
JIS X 0208 1-19-88
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2834
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6215
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2107
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2610
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1808
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2332
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1367
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1621
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1160
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40164
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1131
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o8.7
Four corner code 8010.9