槽 means “tank, tub”

そう · sou

Also: vat

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふね

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ

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The story

Wood (木) beside 曹: 槽 once meant a wooden trough for feeding animals, and now any big container of liquid. 浴槽 is a bathtub, 水槽 a fish tank, and 洗濯槽 the drum spinning inside a washing machine.

Used in 浴槽 (yokusou, bathtub), 水槽 (suisou, water tank/aquarium), and 洗濯槽 (sentakusou, washing machine drum)

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