钵
small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,033 U+94B5
How 钵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “gold”) + 本 (phonetic, běn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 本
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 本 (běn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本 sound component | běn | root, origin, source; basis |
| 苯 | běn | benzene, benzol |
| 笨 | bèn | stupid, foolish, dull, awkward |
Words containing 钵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 托钵修会 | tuō bō xiū huì | mendicant religious order in Catholicism; Franciscan order |
| 墨尔钵 | Mò ěr bō | see 墨爾本|墨尔本[Mo4 er3 ben3] |
| 继承衣钵 | jì chéng yī bō | to take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps |
| 钵头 | bō tóu | earthen bowl (Shanghainese) |
| 金钵 | jīn bō | (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk) |
| 衣钵 | yī bō | the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhis… |
| 乳钵 | rǔ bō | small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM) |
| 研钵 | yán bō | mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle) |
| 盆钵 | pén bō | generic term for pottery |
| 钵盂 | bō yú | alms bowl |