# 丼 beef bowl

井 (well) + 丶 (dot)
★★★☆☆
5 strokes
BETA
Along with ramen, the beef bowl is the Japanese equivalent of the big mac - the basic quanta of fast food.

## Onyomi

DON | DON Quixote fills a well up with rice and puts some meat in the center for a giant beef-bowl.

## Mnemonic

| 丼 is made of well (井)+ a dot, which we'll call a little piece of beef (speaking of which - why your step-dad got a M16 collection??)

## Jukugo

XXX 丼(どん) | beef-bowl ★★★☆☆ SUF SUFFIX meaning ‘bowl of hot rice and sweet sauce with a painfully stingy amount of XXXX on top' (XXX is usually beef or pork)
牛丼(ぎゅうどん) | beef bowl ★★☆☆☆ 牛 (cow) + 丼 (beef bowl) = 牛丼 (beef bowl) beef bowl (beef over rice).