# 丼 — rice bowl; donburi

丼 means “rice bowl; donburi”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 5 strokes. On'yomi: トン (ton). Kun'yomi: どんぶり (donburi). You'll see it in words such as 丼 (donburi, “porcelain bowl”).

- Meaning: rice bowl; donburi
- On'yomi: トン (ton)
- Kun'yomi: どんぶり (donburi)
- Strokes: 5
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Food & cooking 2

## How to remember 丼

Parts: 井 water well · 丶 drop

## Words with 丼

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 丼 | どんぶり (donburi) | porcelain bowl |

## Don't confuse it with

[井](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/water-well/)

## More in the “Food & cooking 2” set

[滋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/nourishing/) · [辛](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/spicy/) · [菓](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sweets/) · [鍋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/pot/) · [丼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-bowl/) · [餅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-cake/) · [箸](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/chopsticks/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-bowl/. Last updated 2026-11-01.