壶
pot; classifier for bottled liquid
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,769 U+58F6
How 壶 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A jar of wine
How to remember it
kettle · Heisig RSH #2757
士 soldier + crown + 业 profession
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 壶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开水壶 | kāi shuǐ hú | kettle |
| 壶关县 | Hú guān Xiàn | Huguan, a county in Changzhi City 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 电热壶 | diàn rè hú | electric kettle |
| 水烟壶 | shuǐ yān hú | bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah |
| 法压壶 | Fǎ yā hú | French press; press pot |
| 冰壶秋月 | bīng hú qiū yuè | jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spo… |
| 烧水壶 | shāo shuǐ hú | kettle |
| 水壶 | shuǐ hú | kettle; canteen; watering can |
| 开壶 | kāi hú | to season a new teapot before first use; (sports, curling) to throw the first stone; to be… |
| 砚水壶儿 | yàn shuǐ hú r | water container for an ink slab |
| 壶关 | Hú guān | see 壺關縣|壶关县[Hu2 guan1 Xian4] |
| 悬壶济世 | xuán hú jì shì | practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public |
| 喷水壶 | pēn shuǐ hú | watering can; sprinkling can |
| 酒壶 | jiǔ hú | wine pot; wine cup |
| 鼻烟壶 | bí yān hú | snuff bottle |
| 提壶 | tí hú | see 提壺蘆|提壶芦[ti2 hu2 lu2] |
| 夜壶 | yè hú | chamber pot |
| 冰壶 | bīng hú | jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck |
| 投壶 | tóu hú | ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of… |
| 提壶芦 | tí hú lú | unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems |