椀

わん · wan · JLPT N3 · noun

bowl

🥣 椀 = 木 wood + 宛 (wan, sound): a wooden bowl that reads wan

The 木 radical marks it as a wooden object; 宛 gives the sound, as in 碗 (stone/porcelain bowl, also wan). Traditional Japanese soup bowls are lacquered wood, so 椀 is the bowl for miso soup.

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