Keyword
alms bowl
- earthen basin
- Frequency
- #3523
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
bō
Mnemonic
钅 (gold) gives the meaning and 本 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
钵
small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
衣钵
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle
研钵
mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
钵盂
alms bowl
钵头
earthen bowl (Shanghainese)
继承衣钵
to take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps