hú
jar
Simplified form of 壺. Pictograph of a pot used for holding liquids.
Evolution
![壶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 壶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A3%BA_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![壶 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 壶 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A3%BA_5.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![壶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 壶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A3%BA_20.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![壶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 壶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A3%BA_24.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
Modern