The kanji 俵: meaning, readings and stroke order

俵

Meaning: straw bag
On reading: ヒョウ hyou
Kun reading: たわら tawara
Strokes: 10
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bao rơm (biểu)
Japanese: こめをいれるわらのふくろ。
Korean: 가마니 (표)
Chinese: 草袋、米袋

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒョウ hyou · on reading · less common

土ど俵ひょう
sumo ring
力士が 土ど俵ひょうに上がります。
The sumo wrestler steps into the ring.

たわら tawara · kun reading

俵たわら
straw rice bag
米の 俵たわらをはこびます。
People carry straw bags of rice.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.