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瓮

wèng

earthen jar

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound. Originally written as 公.

Components
瓦 meaning component

瓦  Meaning component

wǎ

  

earthenware

公 sound component

公  Sound component

gōng

  

public

Evolution

瓮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瓮  

wèng

earthen jar; jar for ashes; variant of 甕|瓮[wèng]; urn

瓮 (甕) 

Wèng

surname Weng

瓮 (甕) 

wèng

pottery container for water, wine etc

Most common words with 瓮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瓮

urn

瓮中之鳖

lit. like a turtle in a jar

瓮安

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮安县

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮城

enceinte of a city gate