Kanji N3

鍋: pot, pan, kettle

鍋 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning pot, pan, kettle, written with 17 strokes. It is read カ (on) and なべ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 鍋 (なべ, pan) and 鍋料理 (なべりょうり, hot pot cooking).

鍋

Meanings

  • pot
  • pan
  • kettle
Strokes17
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1810 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なべ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 17. Start at the dot.

Common words with 鍋

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 鍋なべ

    pan; pot; saucepan

    JLPT N3
  • 鍋料理なべりょうり

    hot pot cooking

  • もつ鍋もつなべ

    hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso

  • 土鍋どなべ

    earthenware pot

  • 鍋物なべもの

    stew; food cooked in a pot

  • 中華鍋ちゅうかなべ

    wok; Chinese frying pan

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.