釜 means “pot, cauldron”

かま · kama

Also: kettle, iron pot

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): かま
On'yomi (Chinese reading): フ

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The story

Father (父) sitting where the roof of metal (金) should be: picture the heavy iron pot at the heart of the home. 釜 is a cooking pot: 釜飯 is rice cooked in its own small pot, and 同じ釜の飯を食う, eating from the same pot, is to have lived and worked side by side.

Used in 釜 (kama, pot), 釜飯 (kamameshi, rice cooked in a small pot), and 釜揚げうどん (kamaage udon, udon straight from the pot)

釜 means “pot, cauldron”

The story

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