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甬

yǒng, tǒng

path

Originally depicted a bell. The lower part of the character was later reanalyzed as 用. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a bell handle.

用 sound component

用  Sound component

yòng

  

use

Evolution

甬 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
甬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
甬 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
甬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

甬  

yǒng

path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo; path screened by walls on both sides

甬  

Yǒng

the Yongjiang river 甬江[Yǒng​jiāng] through Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Níng​bō]; abbr. for Ningbo

甬  

tǒng

variant of 桶[tǒng], bucket; (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)

Most common words with 甬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

甬道

walled-in path

甬

abbr. for Ningbo

Component uses

Sound component in 14 characters (4 verified)

通 痛 勇 桶 涌 誦 诵 捅 踊 恿 蛹 俑 勈 埇

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4038th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+752C

Shuowen

“甬，艸木華甬甬然也。从，用聲。”


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