皿

• 読み: さら
• ローマ字: sara
• 漢字の分解: 皿 (sara/bei) — dish, plate (pictograph of a shallow vessel)
• 発音: /sa.ɾa/

意味

Plate; dish; platter. A flat vessel used for serving and eating food.

Also used as a counter for servings of food, as in 一皿 (hitosara, one plate/serving). Japanese cuisine uses many different types and sizes of plates, and presentation on beautiful dishware is an important part of the dining experience.

例文

1. お皿を洗ってください。
2. この皿に料理を盛りましょう。
3. お皿が五枚あります。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, kitchen, restaurants

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 皿 is a pictograph showing a shallow dish or vessel, one of the simplest and oldest kanji related to daily objects.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal