Kanji

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: chest, coffer, tub

Kunyomi: ひつ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

ひつ chest, coffer, rice tub, lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice

まぶし ひつまぶし chopped kabayaki eel on rice, eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice

せいひつ Ark of the Covenant (Judaism), tabernacle (Catholicism)

おひつ round, wooden container for cooked rice