See also:
U+750C, 甌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-750C

[U+750B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+750D]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 98, +11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸口一女弓 (SRMVN), four-corner 71717, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 751, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1159, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1430, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+750C

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qoː) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : phonetic (OC *qoː, *kʰo, vessel) + semantic (pottery).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔəw-ŋ (pot; vat; jar) (reconstructed provisionally). Related to (OC *qoːnʔ), (OC *qoːnʔ, “bowl”), and possibly (OC *qoːŋs, “urn”). Compare Burmese အိုး (ui:, pot) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • au - vernacular;
  • o͘/io - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəw/
Li
Rong
/ʔu/
Wang
Li
/əu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
au1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10586
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoː/

Definitions

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  1. small bowl; small cup; small tray
  2. Abbreviation of 溫州温州 (Wēnzhōu): Wenzhou (a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in southeastern China)
  3. a surname
  4. (Penang Hokkien) cup
  5. (Penang Hokkien) classifier for cups of drinks

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. small jar
  2. jug

Readings

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  • Go-on: (u)
  • Kan-on: おう (ō)
  • Kun: かめ (kame, )はち (hachi, )ほとぎ (hotogi, )

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gu))

  1. bowl, cup
  2. small tray

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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