pot, pan, kettle

About this kanji

The kanji 鍋, pronounced 'nabe' in kun'yomi and 'ka' in on'yomi, primarily means 'pot' or 'pan' and is commonly used in cooking contexts. It usually acts as a noun. Some representative compounds include もつ鍋 (motsunabe), which is a delicious hot pot stew made with offal and vegetables, and 中華鍋 (chūkanabe), referring to a wok, typically used in Chinese cooking. Another interesting term is 土鍋 (donabe), which means earthenware pot, often used for simmering rice. When discussing cooking in Japanese, you'll often hear お鍋 (onabe), which is a polite way to refer to a pot.

Example sentences

• 鍋で煮込んだ料理が美味しい。

  The dish cooked in the pot is delicious.

Meanings across languages

English

pot, pan, kettle

Tiếng Việt

nồi

日本語

鍋

한국어

냄비

中文

锅

id

panci

th

หม้อ

es

olla

fr

pot

de

Topf

pt

panela

Common compounds

• もつ鍋もつなべhot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso
• 中華鍋ちゅうかなべwok, Chinese frying pan
• 土鍋どなべearthenware pot
• 鍋物なべものstew, food cooked in a pot
• お鍋おなべpan, pot, transgender man (female-to-male)
• 煎鍋いりなべroasting pan
• 平鍋ひらなべpan, griddle
• 鍋蓋なべぶたpan lid, pot lid, kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)