䍃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

yóu, yáo

vase, pitcher

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and ⺼ represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Sound component

ròu

meat, flesh

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to ⺼ than it was in ancient scripts.

缶 Meaning component

fǒu

pottery

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yóu

a vase, a pitcher, earthenware

yáo

(archaic) vase; pitcher

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 13 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*law	yew	yáo	eartheware

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

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