Chinese Character Wiki
壶

hú

jar

Simplified form of 壺. Pictograph of a pot used for holding liquids.

Evolution

壶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
壶 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
壶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
壶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
壶 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
壶 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

壶 (壺) 

hú

jar, pot, jug, vase; surname; pot; classifier for bottled liquid

Most common words with 壶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

壶

pot

水壶

kettle

茶壶

teapot

咖啡壶

coffee pot

夜壶

chamber pot

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 4.5010% of movies

2531st most common character in movies

2518th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

壺

Unicode

U+58F6


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