Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: jar, pot

Kunyomi: つぼ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: scholar, bachelor

Examples

Onyomi Examples

hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

コチュウ inside a jar, coward, timid person

トウコ pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)

サカツボ sake jar, jar containing alcohol

Kunyomi Examples

つぼ pot, jar, vase, dice cup, depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall), aim, what one wants, the mark, key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence, acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point, position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.), target (when aiming an arrow)

壷洗い つぼあらい individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)

こえつぼ chamber pot, jerry

前つぼ まえつぼ frontal sandal strap (between the toes)