甕

See also: 瓮, 罋, and 𠂅

甕 U+7515, 甕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7515 ← 甔 [U+7514] CJK Unified Ideographs 甖 → [U+7516]

Translingual

Han character

甕 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜女土弓 (YVGN), four-corner 0071₇, composition ⿱雍瓦)

Derived characters

• 𥗯, 𨇹, 𪗃

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 752, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21617
• Dae Jaweon: page 1160, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1433, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7515

Chinese

trad.		甕/瓮
simp.		瓮
alternative forms		罋

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 甕 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 甕 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (邕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
郺	*qoːŋʔ, *qoŋ
齆	*qoːŋs
甕	*qoːŋs
罋	*qoːŋs, *qoŋ
雍	*qoŋ, *qoŋs
邕	*qoŋ
嗈	*qoŋ
灉	*qoŋ, *qoŋs
癰	*qoŋ
廱	*qoŋ
雝	*qoŋ
壅	*qoŋ, *qoŋʔ, *qoŋs
饔	*qoŋ
噰	*qoŋ
澭	*qoŋ
擁	*qoŋ, *qoŋʔ
臃	*qoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːŋs): phonetic 雍 (OC *qoŋ, *qoŋs) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”).

Etymology

Probably Sino-Tibetan (Unger, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). STEDT reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔəw-ŋ (“pot; vat; jar”) provisionally.

Within Chinese, compare 甌 (OC *qoː, “small bowl; small cup”), 碗 (OC *qoːnʔ, “bowl”), 罌 (OC *qreːŋ, “earthen jar”), 盎 (OC *qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs, “earthen jar”), 癰 (OC *qoŋ, “carbuncle; ulcer”) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Also compare Tibetan གཞོང (gzhong, “basin; tub; bowl”), Lepcha ᰈᰨᰵᰕᰨ (joŋ-mo, “bucket, tub”), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-loŋ² (“pot”) (Unger, 1999).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wèng (weng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ong⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ung³
• Eastern Min (BUC): áe̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àng / òng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòng
    • Wade–Giles: wêng⁴
    • Yale: wèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenq
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ong⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: weng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /oŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ung³
    • Yale: ung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: áe̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔyŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àng / òng
    • Tâi-lô: àng / òng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: axng, oxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²¹/, /ɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ⁴¹/, /ɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ²¹/, /ɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ¹¹/, /ɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²¹/, /ɔŋ²¹/

Note:

• àng - vernacular (“urn; classifer”);
• òng - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwngH

Rime
Character	甕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏貢切
Baxter	'uwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwŋH/
Li Rong	/ʔuŋH/
Wang Li	/uŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ung3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤoŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	甕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔuwngH ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁoŋ-s/
English	earthen jar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甕
Reading #	1/1
No.	15401
Phonetic component	邕
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓮
Old Chinese	/*qoːŋs/
Notes	同甕見易

Definitions

甕

1. urn; pottery jar
2. (Hokkien) Classifier for earthenware jars, urns, and jugs.
3. a surname

Compounds

• 三百甕虀 / 三百瓮虀
• 人鮓甕 / 人鲊瓮
• 入甕 / 入瓮
• 土甕 / 土瓮
• 寶甕 / 宝瓮
• 忘機甕 / 忘机瓮
• 戛釜撞甕 / 戛釜撞瓮
• 打甕墩盆 / 打瓮墩盆
• 抱甕 / 抱瓮
• 抱甕灌圃 / 抱瓮灌圃
• 抱甕灌園 / 抱瓮灌园
• 提甕 / 提瓮
• 提甕出汲 / 提瓮出汲
• 擊甕 / 击瓮
• 擊甕圖 / 击瓮图
• 春甕 / 春瓮
• 桑樞甕牖 / 桑枢瓮牖
• 水甕 / 水瓮
• 漢陰抱甕 / 汉阴抱瓮
• 瀽甕番盆 / 瀽瓮番盆
• 玉甕 / 玉瓮
• 玉甕春 / 玉瓮春
• 瑤甕 / 瑶瓮
• 瓦甕 / 瓦瓮
• 甕下 / 瓮下
• 甕中之鱉 / 瓮中之鳖
• 甕中捉鱉 / 瓮中捉鳖 (wèngzhōngzhuōbiē)
• 甕人 / 瓮人
• 甕器 / 瓮器
• 甕圈兒 / 瓮圈儿
• 甕城 / 瓮城 (wèngchéng)
• 甕天 / 瓮天
• 甕天蠡海 / 瓮天蠡海
• 甕子 / 瓮子 (wèngzǐ)
• 甕子匠 / 瓮子匠 (wèngzǐjiàng)
• 甕子鍋 / 瓮子锅 (wèngzǐguō)
• 甕安 / 瓮安 (Wèng'ān)
• 甕洞兒 / 瓮洞儿
• 甕溢 / 瓮溢
• 甕牖 / 瓮牖
• 甕牖桑樞 / 瓮牖桑枢
• 甕牖繩樞 / 瓮牖绳枢
• 甕瓦 / 瓮瓦
• 甕盎 / 瓮盎
• 甕盡杯乾 / 瓮尽杯干
• 甕眠 / 瓮眠
• 甕算 / 瓮算
• 甕精 / 瓮精
• 甕罌 / 瓮罂
• 甕羹 / 瓮羹
• 甕聲甕氣 / 瓮声瓮气
• 甕聽 / 瓮听
• 甕菜 / 瓮菜
• 甕虀 / 瓮虀
• 甕裡醯雞 / 瓮里醯鸡
• 甕裏醯雞 / 瓮里醯鸡
• 甕計 / 瓮计
• 甕醅 / 瓮醅
• 甕鑑 / 瓮鉴
• 甕門 / 瓮门
• 甕間 / 瓮间
• 甕間吏部 / 瓮间吏部
• 甕闊 / 瓮阔
• 甕雞 / 瓮鸡
• 甕雷 / 瓮雷 (wèngléi)
• 甕頭 / 瓮头
• 甕頭春 / 瓮头春
• 甕頭清 / 瓮头清
• 甕頭醁 / 瓮头醁
• 甕頭香 / 瓮头香
• 甕鼻 / 瓮鼻
• 甕鼻頭 / 瓮鼻头
• 甕齏 / 瓮齑
• 畢甕 / 毕瓮
• 白米甕 / 白米瓮
• 盆傾甕倒 / 盆倾瓮倒
• 破甕 / 破瓮
• 繩樞甕牖 / 绳枢瓮牖
• 繭甕 / 茧瓮
• 蓬戶甕牖 / 蓬户瓮牖
• 蟻甕 / 蚁瓮
• 覆甕 / 覆瓮
• 覆酒甕 / 覆酒瓮 (fù jiǔwèng)
• 請先入甕 / 请先入瓮
• 請君入甕 / 请君入瓮 (qǐngjūnrùwèng)
• 酒甕 / 酒瓮 (jiǔwèng)
• 醅甕 / 醅瓮
• 醯甕 / 醯瓮
• 醯雞甕 / 醯鸡瓮
• 醯雞甕裡 / 醯鸡瓮里
• 釀甕 / 酿瓮
• 金甕 / 金瓮
• 銀甕 / 银瓮
• 鐵甕 / 铁瓮
• 鐵甕城 / 铁瓮城 (Tiě Wèngchéng)
• 飯囊酒甕 / 饭囊酒瓮
• 飯甕 / 饭瓮
• 鮓甕 / 鲊瓮

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02619
• “甕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–