盂
basin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
8 strokes
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How 盂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
皿 (semantic, “dish”) + 于 (phonetic, yú)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 于
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 于 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 于 sound component | yú | at, in, on; to, from; alas! |
| 宇 | yǔ | building, house, room, structure; space, the universe |
| 迂 | yū | abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic |
| 芋 | yù | taro |
| 吁 | xū | alas; to sigh |
| 竽 | yú | free reed mouth organ |
| 圩 | xū | dike, embankment |
| 盱 | xū | eyes wide open; to gaze in astonishment |
| 纡 | yū | to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort |
| 玗 | yú | semi-precious stone |
| 邘 | yú | a state in Henan province |
Words containing 盂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盂方水方 | yú fāng shuǐ fāng | If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom) |
| 盂兰盆会 | Yú lán pén huì | Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism) |
| 盂县 | Yú Xiàn | Yu County or Yuxian, a county in Yangquan City 陽泉市|阳泉市[Yang2 quan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 水盂 | shuǐ yú | water pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy) |
| 盂兰盆 | Yú lán pén | see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] |
| 盎盂相击 | àng yú xiāng jī | (idiom) to quarrel |
| 盎盂相敲 | àng yú xiāng qiāo | (idiom) to quarrel |
| 痰盂儿 | tán yú r | erhua variant of 痰盂[tan2 yu2] |
| 瓶盂 | píng yú | jar; flask; vase; bottle |
| 肾盂炎 | shèn yú yán | pyelitis (medicine) |
| 肾盂 | shèn yú | renal pelvis (medicine) |
| 痰盂 | tán yú | spittoon |
| 钵盂 | bō yú | alms bowl |