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Kun reading compounds

  • 蛸 【たこ】 octopus, fool, idiot
  • たこ焼き 【たこやき】 takoyaki, octopus dumplings
  • 茹で蛸 【ゆでだこ】 boiled octopus, person with red flushed skin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao1, xiao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4149 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33072X Morohashi
5330 New Nelson (John Haig)
2690 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
5912.7 Four corner code
1-34-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86f8 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor
Parts:
Variants:
jar, pot, hinge knuckle, one's aim
Kun:
つぼ
On:
2197 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 壺 【コ】 hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
  • 壺中 【コチュウ】 inside a jar, coward, timid person
  • 投壺 【トウコ】 pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)
  • 唾壺 【ダコ】 spittoon

Kun reading compounds

  • 壺 【つぼ】 pot, jar, vase, dice cup, depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall), aim, what one wants, the mark, key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence, acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point, position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.), target (when aiming an arrow)
  • 壷洗い 【つぼあらい】 individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)
  • 前つぼ 【まえつぼ】 frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
  • 酒壺 【さかつぼ】 sake jar, jar containing alcohol

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • jarra
  • tarro
  • pote
  • lugar profundo

Portuguese

French

1093 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2852 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5657 Morohashi
1034 New Nelson (John Haig)
2904 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2913 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3p9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4010.7 Four corner code
1-36-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58f7 Unicode hex code