Entry
  1. Noun

    crucible; melting pot

    Usually written using kana alone

    合衆国は長い間「るつぼ」として知られているが、それは国民のほとんどが移民の子孫だからである。
    The United States has long been known as a "melting pot" because most of its people are descended from immigrants.
  2. melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

jar, pot

Kun
つぼ
On
カン
Strokes
8
Radical
earth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3b5.2The Kanji Dictionary
4417.0Four corner code
5769Unicode hex code
1-52-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1069Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
995New Nelson (John Haig)
4975Morohashi
gan1Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crucible, melting pot

Kun
るつぼ
On
Strokes
12
Radical
earth

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3b9.8The Kanji Dictionary
4712.7Four corner code
581dUnicode hex code
1-52-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1105Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1047New Nelson (John Haig)
5247Morohashi
guo1Pinyin reading
gwaKorean reading