wèng

earthen jar

Evolution

罋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罋 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Definitions

 

wèng

earthen jar; jar for ashes

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wèng

variant of |[wèng]

Most common words with 罋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

urn

瓮中之鳖

lit. like a turtle in a jar

瓮安

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮安县

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮城

enceinte of a city gate

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3873rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+7F4B

Shuowen

“,汲缾也。仌缶,雝聲。”


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