缶

See also: 罐 and 击
缶 U+7F36, 缶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F36
← 缵
[U+7F35] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 缷 →
[U+7F37]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

缶 (radical 121 缶+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人十山 (OJU), four-corner 80772)

  1. Kangxi radical #121, ⽸.

Derived characters

  • Index:Chinese radical/缶

References

  • KangXi: page 944, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28108
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1385, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2935, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7F36

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 缶
alt. forms 𦈢
缻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 缶
Shang Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (缶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寶 *puːʔ
珤 *puːʔ
缶 *puʔ
缹 *puʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a pot with a lid.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 缶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puwX/
Li
Rong		 /piuX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fǒu
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 缶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fǒu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjuwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*p(r)uʔ/
English earthenware

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 缶
Reading # 1/1
No. 3266
Phonetic
component		 缶
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 缶
Old
Chinese		 /*puʔ/

Definitions

缶

  1. earthen pot or jar for storing an alcoholic drink
  2. musical instrument for ritual music

Compounds

  • 二缶鐘惑／二缶钟惑

Japanese

Shinjitai

 缶

Kyūjitai

 罐

Kanji

缶

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 罐)

  1. pot; can
  2. tin can
  3. container
  4. jar radical (no. 121)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Originally from Dutch kan (“cylindrical metallic container”), with additional influence from English can (“cylindrical metallic container”). The kanji is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

缶 (hiragana かん, rōmaji kan)

  1. a can, a tin

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese kama, signifying a container for high heat and referring variously to a hearth, oven, pot, kettle.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

缶 (hiragana かま, rōmaji kama)

  1. a boiler, as for a steam engine
Usage notes

For the boiler sense, this term kama is most often spelled using the kanji 缶.

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

缶 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

장군 부 [janggun bu]

  1. an earthern vessel that bulges in the middle and has a narrow mouth
  2. refers to one of many types of the double-headed drums with a narrow waist in the middle
  3. 洋甁, a glazed pot bulging in the middle with a narrow mouth
  4. volume, capacity (=4斛) [1]
  5. rad. 121

Vietnamese

Han character

缶 (phẫu, phễu, quán, phữu)

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