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桶

tǒng

bucket, barrel

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

甬 sound component

甬  Sound component

yǒng, tǒng

  

path

Evolution

桶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
桶 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
桶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
桶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

桶  

tǒng

pail, bucket, tub; cask, keg; bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

Most common words with 桶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桶

bucket

马桶

chamber pot

垃圾桶

rubbish bin

水桶

bucket

饭桶

(fig.) fathead

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤoŋʔ

thuwngX

tǒng

bucket


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.6564% of movies

1725th most common character in movies

2411th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6876

Shuowen

“桶，木方，受六升。从木，甬聲。”


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