Chinese Character Wiki
缶

fǒu

pottery

Pictograph of earthenware with a lid.

Evolution

缶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
缶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
缶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缶 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
缶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

缶  

fǒu

earthen crock or jar; rad. 121; pottery

Component uses

Meaning component in 11 characters (3 verified)

缺 罐 䍃 罈 窑 缸 缽 罌 罂 罄 罅

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

寶 窑 珤

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

匋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)uʔ

pjuwX

fǒu

earthenware


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5328th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7F36

Shuowen

“缶，瓦器，所以盛酒漿；秦人鼓之以節謌。象形。”


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