甌

See also: 瓯
甌 U+750C, 甌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-750C
← 甋
[U+750B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甍 →
[U+750D]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad. 甌
simp. 瓯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 甌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摳 *kʰoː, *kʰo
彄 *kʰoː
剾 *kʰoː, *qoː
謳 *qoː
歐 *qoː, *qoːʔ
區 *qoː, *kʰo
鷗 *qoː
甌 *qoː
漚 *qoː, *qoːs
瞘 *qoː
嘔 *qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙 *qoː
膒 *qoː
蓲 *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧 *qoː, *qas
鏂 *qoː
毆 *qoːʔ
塸 *qoːʔ
貙 *kʰl'o
樞 *kʰjo
驅 *kʰo, *kʰos
軀 *kʰo
嶇 *kʰo
鰸 *kʰo
敺 *kʰo
傴 *qoʔ
嫗 *qos
饇 *qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qoː)  and ideogrammic compound (會意) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo, “vessel”) + semantic 瓦 (“pottery”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔəw-ŋ (“pot; vat; jar”).

Pronunciation

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 甌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏侯切
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 甌
Reading # 1/1
No. 10586
Phonetic
component		 區
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 謳
Old
Chinese		 /*qoː/

Definitions

甌

  1. small bowl; small cup; small tray
  2. Wenzhou
  3. A surname​.

Compounds

  • 名動金甌／名动金瓯
  • 名覆金甌／名覆金瓯
  • 固金甌／固金瓯
  • 建甌／建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu)
  • 擊甌／击瓯
  • 甌劇／瓯剧 (ōujù)
  • 甌子／瓯子
  • 甌宰／瓯宰

References

Japanese

Kanji

甌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瓯)

  1. small jar
  2. jug

Readings

Korean

Hanja

甌 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. bowl, cup
  2. small tray

Vietnamese

Han character

甌 (âu)

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