Meanings
Readings
Common Words
bowl; pot; basin
flowerpot
crown; brainpan
bumping of heads
Usu. with a negative connotation
running into; coming across; encountering
Non-standard var. of 鉢合わせする
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on
Non-standard var. of 鉢合わせする
to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
brazier; hibachi
potted plant
potting
flowerpot; plant pot
desperate; reckless
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
The alchemist read the ancient book and mixes various ingredients in his bowl in an attempt to create gold.
The secret society’s initiation ritual involves drinking a mysterious liquid from a gold bowl while reciting a passage from their sacred book.
The dragon didn’t just hoard treasure; it read. Its favorite book was bound in human leather, and it used a skull-shaped bowl made of dwarven gold to hold the blood it drank while turning the pages.
Master this Kanji through Practice
Don't just read about it—lock it in. Our spaced-repetition kanji quiz uses the same mnemonics to help you remember keywords and characters forever.
