甌

See also: 瓯
甌 U+750C, 甌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-750C
← 甋
[U+750B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甍 →
[U+750D]

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • 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
trad. 甌
simp. 瓯

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 甌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摳 *kʰoː, *kʰo
彄 *kʰoː
剾 *kʰoː, *qoː
謳 *qoː
歐 *qoː, *qoːʔ
區 *qoː, *kʰo
鷗 *qoː
甌 *qoː
漚 *qoː, *qoːs
瞘 *qoː
嘔 *qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙 *qoː
膒 *qoː
蓲 *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧 *qoː, *qas
鏂 *qoː
毆 *qoːʔ
塸 *qoːʔ
貙 *kʰl'o
樞 *kʰjo
驅 *kʰo, *kʰos
軀 *kʰo
嶇 *kʰo
鰸 *kʰo
敺 *kʰo
傴 *qoʔ
嫗 *qos
饇 *qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoː) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo, “vessel”) + semantic 瓦 (“pottery”).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 甌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏侯切
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 甌
Reading # 1/1
No. 10586
Phonetic
component		 區
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 謳
Old
Chinese		 /*qoː/

Definitions

甌

  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
Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 碗
Mandarin Beijing 碗, 碗兒
Taiwan 碗
Yantai (Muping) 碗
Jinan 碗
Luoyang 碗
Wanrong 碗
Xi'an 碗
Yinchuan 碗
Lanzhou 碗
Xining 碗
Ürümqi 碗
Wuhan 碗
Chengdu 碗
Guiyang 碗
Liuzhou 碗
Xuzhou 碗兒, 碗
Yangzhou 碗盞, 碗
Nanjing 碗兒
Hefei 碗, 盞子
Malaysia 碗
Singapore 碗
Cantonese Guangzhou 碗
Hong Kong 碗
Dongguan 碗
Yangjiang 碗, 甌
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 碗
Singapore (Guangfu) 碗
Gan Nanchang 碗
Pingxiang 碗
Hakka Meixian 碗, 碗公, 碗仔
Wuhua (Huacheng) 碗公
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 碗
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 碗
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 碗
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 碗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 碗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 碗
Huizhou Jixi 碗
Jin Taiyuan 碗
Xinzhou 碗
Northern Min Jian'ou 碗, 碗頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 碗
Singapore (Fuqing) 碗
Southern Min Xiamen 碗, 碗頭
Quanzhou 碗
Zhangzhou 碗, 碗頭
Zhao'an 碗
Penang (Hokkien) 碗
Singapore (Hokkien) 碗
Manila (Hokkien) 碗
Chaozhou 碗
Shantou (Chaoyang) 碗
Jieyang 碗
Singapore (Teochew) 碗
Leizhou 碗
Wenchang 碗
Haikou 碗
Singapore (Hainanese) 碗
Puxian Min Putian 碗
Putian (Donghai) 碗
Putian (Jiangkou) 碗
Putian (Nanri) 碗
Xianyou 碗
Xianyou (Fengting) 碗
Xianyou (Youyang) 碗
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 碗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 碗
Wu Shanghai 碗
Shanghai (Chongming) 碗
Suzhou 碗
Danyang 碗盞
Hangzhou 碗盞, 碗
Ningbo 碗盞
Wenzhou 碗
Jinhua 碗
Xiang Changsha 碗, 蓮花子
Loudi 碗
Shuangfeng 碗
Dialectal synonyms of 杯子 (“drinkware; cup; glass; mug”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 杯子
Mandarin Beijing 杯子
Taiwan 杯子
Yantai (Muping) 杯子
Jinan 杯子
Xi'an 杯子
Wuhan 杯子, 盞子
Chengdu 杯杯, 杯子
Guilin 杯子
Liuzhou 杯子
Yangzhou 杯子
Hefei 杯子, 盞子
Malaysia 杯
Singapore 杯
Cantonese Guangzhou 杯
Hong Kong 杯
Dongguan 杯
Yangjiang 杯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 杯
Singapore (Guangfu) 杯
Gan Nanchang 杯子, 盅子, 甌子
Pingxiang 杯子, 盅子
Hakka Meixian 杯仔
Xingning 杯哩
Huidong (Daling) 杯仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 杯子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 杯仔
Changting 甌哩
Wuping 杯
Wuping (Pingyu) 杯
Liancheng 甌子
Ninghua 杯
Ruijin 盞子, 杯
Shicheng 盅子, 杯
Shangyou (Shexi) 甌子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 杯仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 杯仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 杯仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 杯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 杯仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 甌, 杯
Huizhou Jixi 杯子, 杯
Jin Taiyuan 杯子
Xinzhou 杯子
Northern Min Jian'ou 甌仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 杯杯
Matsu 杯杯
Southern Min Xiamen 杯, 杯仔, 甌仔
Quanzhou 杯, 甌仔
Zhangzhou 杯, 甌仔
Tainan 杯仔, 甌仔
Penang (Hokkien) 甌
Singapore (Hokkien) 杯, 杯仔
Manila (Hokkien) 杯
Medan (Hokkien) 杯
Chaozhou 杯
Shantou 杯, 盅
Jieyang 杯
Singapore (Teochew) 杯
Wenchang 盅
Haikou 盅
Singapore (Hainanese) 盅
Puxian Min Putian 杯
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 茶杯
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 杯
Wu Shanghai 杯子
Suzhou 杯子
Wenzhou 杯
Xiang Changsha 杯子, 盅子
Shuangfeng 杯子, 盅子
Dialectal synonyms of 杯 (“classifier for cups of drinks/food”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 杯
Mandarin Taiwan 杯
Malaysia 杯
Singapore 杯
Cantonese Hong Kong 杯
Singapore (Guangfu) 杯
Hakka Meixian 杯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 杯
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 杯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 杯
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 杯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 杯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 杯
Southern Min Xiamen 杯
Quanzhou 杯
Zhangzhou 杯
Tainan 杯
Penang (Hokkien) 甌
Singapore (Hokkien) 杯
Manila (Hokkien) 杯
Haifeng 杯
Singapore (Teochew) 杯
Wenchang 盅
Haikou 盅
Singapore (Hainanese) 盅
Wu Shanghai 杯

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

 瓯

Kyūjitai

 甌

Kanji
甌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瓯)

  1. small jar
  2. jug

Readings

Korean

Hanja

甌 (eum 구 (gu))

  1. bowl, cup
  2. small tray

Vietnamese

Han character

甌: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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