钵
缽bō
#3,577 most
frequent character
small earthenware plate or basin
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
钵 has 钅 metal as the meaning part and 本 as the sound part. It first meant a monk's begging bowl. Later it came to mean an earthen bowl.
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