俵

音読おんよみ: ヒョウ

訓読くんよみ: たわら

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Bag / Bale / Sack
Refers to traditional straw or rice bags, often used to carry or count bundles.

  • たわら — straw bag (especially for rice)
  • 米俵こめだわら — rice bag
  • 砂俵すなだわら — sand bag
  • 炭俵すみだわら — charcoal bag
  • 土俵どひょう — sumo ring (originally made of straw bales)

combines 亻 (person) with 表 (surface, exterior). It originally depicted a person carrying something wrapped, which evolved into the meaning of a straw sack or bale for storing and transporting goods like rice or grain.

米俵こめだわら倉庫そうこはこびました。
I carried the rice bales into the warehouse.

土俵どひょう力士りきしのぼる。
A sumo wrestler steps into the ring.

土
Creates
土俵どひょう — sumo ring
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