Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2088 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: bowl, bowl of food

Kunyomi: どんぶり

Onyomi: トン タン ショウ セイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dot

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

どんぶり porcelain bowl, donburi, bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

どんぶり勘定 どんぶりかんじょう rough estimate, sloppy accounting, slapdash bookkeeping

開化 かいかどんぶり beef (or pork) and egg on rice

中華 ちゅうかどんぶり bowl of rice with a chop-suey-like mixture on it