甌
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See also: 瓯
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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 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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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 *qəw (“pot; vat; jar”). Related to 椀 (OC *qoːnʔ), 碗 (OC *qoːnʔ, “bowl”), and possibly 甕 (OC *qoːŋs, “urn”). Compare Burmese အိုး (ui:, “pot”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): au1
- Northern Min (KCR): é
- Eastern Min (BUC): ĕu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ao1 / ieo1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1eu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
- Zhuyin: ㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ou
- Wade–Giles: ou1
- Yale: ōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
- Palladius: оу (ou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ngou1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngou
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋəu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: au1
- Yale: āu
- Cantonese Pinyin: au1
- Guangdong Romanization: eo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: é
- Sinological IPA (key): /e⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛu⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ao1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: au
- Sinological IPA (key): /au⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /au⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /ieu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ieu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
Note:
- ao1 - vernacular;
- ieo1 - literary.
- Southern Min
Note:
- au - vernacular;
- o͘/io - literary.
- Middle Chinese: 'uw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/
Definitions
甌
- small bowl; small cup; small tray
- abbreviation of 溫州 / 温州 (Wēnzhōu, “Wenzhou”): a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China
- a surname
- (Penang Hokkien) cup
- (Penang Hokkien) classifier for cups of drinks
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”)
Dialectal synonyms of 杯子 (“drinkware; cup; glass; mug”)
Dialectal synonyms of 杯 (“classifier for cups of drinks/food”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 杯 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 杯 |
| Malaysia | 杯 | |
| Singapore | 杯 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 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
- “甌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “瓯”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “瓯”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 169.
Japanese
| 瓯 | |
| 甌 |
Kanji
甌
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瓯)
- small jar
- jug
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