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

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

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

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Glyph origin edit

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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit


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 edit

  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 edit

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. small jar
  2. jug

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (gu))

  1. bowl, cup
  2. small tray

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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