丼 means “rice bowl”

どんぶり · donburi

Also: bowl, bowl of food

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

どんぶり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トン, タン, ショウ, セイ

Taught in secondary school · 5 strokes

The story

A well (井) with a dot of treasure inside: 丼 is the generous bowl piled high with rice and toppings. Gyudon, katsudon, oyakodon: the humble donburi feeds millions of busy workers daily.

Used in 牛丼 (gyudon, beef bowl) and 親子丼 (oyakodon, chicken-egg bowl)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.