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hachi, hatsu no ki, boku, moku |
bowl, pot, skull [possessive] tree with sweeping branches, wood |
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hachi, hatsu no ki, boku, moku |
bowl, pot, skull [possessive] tree with sweeping branches, wood |
 
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kin, kon hon, moto |
gold or metal, from a covering over nuggets buried in the ground roots at the base of a tree -- essence or origin, acting phonetically to express basket --> thus, a metal basket is a bowl |
Henshall, Kenneth G. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1988), characters no. 14, 60, 69, 70, 87, 1705. |