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簞
簞
18 strokes
Grade 9

Meanings

small bamboo basket for holding

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
タン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はこ

Common Words

たんす
箪笥
タンス
簞笥
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #26617
1

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

Examples
タンスで探していた物が見つかった。
I found what I was looking for in the drawers.
ひょうたん
瓢箪
ヒョウタン
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #47382
1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd

2

gourd (container); calabash

瓢箪から駒
ひょうたんから駒
ひょうたんからこま
Expression
Noun
Freq #103234
1

Idiomatic expression

something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd

Examples
瓢箪から駒って言うのかな、知人の紹介で就職決まっちゃったんだよ。
I just got a great job because of an introduction from a friend. Sometimes things happen when you least expect it.
2

Idiomatic expression

something impossible; something ridiculous

箪食壺漿
簞食壺漿
箪食瓠漿
簞食瓠漿
箪食壷漿
簞食壷漿
たんしこしょう
Noun
四字熟語
Freq #222958
1

Rare term; From mencius

receiving with food and drink (e.g. troops); baskets of rice and vessels of congee

一箪
一簞
いったん
Noun
Freq #228661
1

bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

箪食
簞食
たんし
Noun
Archaic
Freq #286375
1

bamboo dish of rice

箪食瓢飲
簞食瓢飲
たんしひょういん
Noun
四字熟語
Freq #292014
1

Rare term; From the analects of confucius

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

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