hachinoki
"the bowl's tree"


Character
Components
Japanese (Romanized)
Meanings




 hachi, hatsu




 no





 ki, boku, moku

 bowl, pot, skull





 [possessive]




 tree with sweeping branches, wood








 kin, kon







 hon, moto

 gold or metal, from a covering over nuggets buried in the ground








 roots at the base of a tree -- essence or origin, acting phonetically to express basket --> thus, a metal basket is a bowl



NOTES

Henshall, Kenneth G.  A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1988), characters no. 14, 60, 69, 70, 87, 1705.