This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: フ、かま
Romaji: fu, kama
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

kettle, cauldron, iron pot

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  88
Frequency:  1761
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-8
Korean Reading:  bu
Chinese Reading:  fu3
Unicode:  91dc
JIS:  3378

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2107
Nelson Index: 2834
New Nelson Index: 6215
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o8.7
Four Corner Index: 8010.9
Gakken Index: 1621
Japanese Names Index: 1160
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40164
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0495
Remembering the kanji Index: 2332
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1808
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1367
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2610

Words

(かま)
iron pot; kettle
お釜を掘る (おかまをほる)
to perform anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice); to rear-end
喧しい (やかましい、かしましい、かしがましい、かまびすしい)
noisy; boisterous; strict; faultfinding; carping; fussy
後釜に据える (あとがまにすえる)
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
茶釜 (ちゃがま)
teakettle (tea ceremony)
後釜 (あとがま)
successor; replacement; second wife
御釜 (おかま、オカマ)
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man; male transvestite
後釜に座る (あとがまにすわる)
to take someone's place; to step into someone's shoes; to succeed someone in his post
初釜 (はつがま)
first tea ceremony of New Year
電気釜 (でんきがま)
electric rice-cooker
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