鉢

See also: 缽 and 钵

鉢	U+9262, 鉢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9262

← 鉡
[U+9261]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉣 →
[U+9263]

Translingual

Traditional	缽
Shinjitai	鉢
Simplified	钵

Han character

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

earthenware basin
alms bowl (Sanskrit पात्र (pātra))

Derived characters

𡀖, 𩏭, 𪹸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1302, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40317
Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4183, character 5
Unihan data for U+9262

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
本	*pɯːnʔ
笨	pɯːnʔ, bɯːnʔ
苯	*pɯːnʔ
翉	*pʰɯːnʔ
体	*bɯːnʔ
鉢	*poːd
缽	*poːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *poːd): semantic 金 (“gold”) + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉢 – see 缽 (“monk's alms bowl; bowl; basin; pot”). (This character is a variant form of 缽).

Japanese

Kanji

鉢

(Jōyō kanji)

bowl; pot
skull; cranium

Readings

Go-on: はち (hachi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: はつ (hatsu, Jōyō ^†)

Etymology 1

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鉢

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
鉢
はち Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
盂 (rare)

From Sanskrit पात्र (pātra) through Middle Chinese 缽 (MC pat).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はち [hàchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

鉢(はち) • (hachi)

flower pot
bowl, basin, pot, skull

Derived terms

植木鉢(うえきばち) (uekibachi): flowerpot
金魚鉢(きんぎょばち) (kingyobachi): goldfish bowl
擂鉢(すりばち) (suribachi): mortar (bowl)
鉢植(はちう)え (hachiue): potted plant
鉢金(はちがね) (hachigane): An armored headband
鉢巻(はちまき) (hachimaki): hachimaki
火鉢(ひばち) (hibachi): A charcoal-powered heating brazier

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鉢
はち Grade: S
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉢 – see the following entry.

【鈸はち】H

[noun] Buddhist cymbals

(This term, 鉢, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Compounds

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

Vietnamese

Han character

鉢: Hán Nôm readings: bát

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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