瓮
pottery container for water, wine etc
8 strokes
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How 瓮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
瓦 (semantic, “pottery”) + 公 (phonetic, gōng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 公
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 公 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公 sound component | gōng | fair, equitable; public; duke |
| 松 | sōng | pine tree; fir tree |
| 翁 | wēng | old man; father, father-in-law |
| 讼 | sòng | to accuse, to argue; to dispute, to litigate |
| 颂 | sòng | to laud, to acclaim; ode, hymn |
| 忪 | sōng | calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil |
| 彸 | zhōng | agitated, restless |
| 蚣 | gōng | centipede |
| 鈆 | yán | lead (element) |
Words containing 瓮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好酒沉瓮底 | hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ | lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom); fig. the best is saved for last |
| 瓮安县 | Wèng ān Xiàn | Weng'an, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu… |
| 请君入瓮 | qǐng jūn rù wèng | lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medi… |
| 瓮安 | Wèng ān | see 甕安縣|瓮安县[Weng4 an1 Xian4] |
| 瓮中之鳖 | wèng zhōng zhī biē | lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom) |
| 瓮城 | wèng chéng | enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city |
| 瓮声瓮气 | wèng shēng wèng qì | to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom) |
| 瓮菜 | wèng cài | variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] |
| 瓮中捉鳖 | wèng zhōng zhuō biē | (lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey |
| 瓮棺葬 | wèng guān zàng | urn burial |
| 蓬户瓮牖 | péng hù wèng yǒu | thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home |
| 瓮棺 | wèng guān | funerary urn |