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釜 means 'iron pot'
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Pots look lifeless, but 釜 is full of fun. It plays a great role in a folktale and has connections to necessities in life, plus car crashes, cross-dressing, and demons who boil people in cauldrons. It pops up in colorful place names. And of course this kanji has a culinary side, appearing in terms for "rice cooker," the names of rice and udon dishes, a salty fish dish, a way of making tea, and more.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 釜 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 釜 is used 34 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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