wèng

earthen jar

Components
雍 sound component

  Sound component

yōng

  

harmony

瓦 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earthenware

pottery

Evolution

甕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
甕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wèng

earthen jar; jar for ashes

() 

Wèng

surname Weng

() 

wèng

pottery container for water, wine etc

Most common words with 甕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qˤoŋ-s

'uwngH

wèng

earthen jar


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3873rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+7515


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