釜(fǔ): kettle
10 strokes
kettle
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- fǔ
- Meaning
- kettle; cauldron
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 釜 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 釜 step by step
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Words with 釜
Common words using 釜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of …
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