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俵 - Straw Bag
In old Japan, Straw Bag was the unit for rice, so picture a human porter hefting a tawara while a blank tag for To Express dangles from it, cueing the on'yomi 'hyō' and the idea of 'sharing out' its contents. The person radical flags it as something people make and carry.
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俵 - Straw Bag
Index #827
Grade 5
10 strokes
JLPT Level: N1
Readings: ヒョウ, たわら
Kanji Primes
Compound Kanji

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