壺

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See also: 壷, 壶, and 壼
壺 U+58FA, 壺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58FA
← 壹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 壻 →

Translingual

Traditional 壺
Shinjitai
(extended) 		壷
Simplified 壶

Han character

壺 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月中一 (GBLM), four-corner 40107)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5657
  • Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 468, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+58FA

Chinese

trad. 壺
simp. 壶
alternative forms
壷
𠻭
𡔥
𡔦
𡐎
壷
𠻭
𡔥
𡔦
𡐎
𢑹
𥁖
𡔳
𡔲
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 壺
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology

Contraction of 葫蘆 (OC *ɡaː raː, “calabash”) (Wu, 2006).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hô͘ - literary;
  • ô͘ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 壺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸吳切
Baxter hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦuo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦuo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɔ/
Li
Rong 		/ɣo/
Wang
Li 		/ɣu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 壺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(ʷ)ˁa/
English flask

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 壺
Reading # 1/1
No. 5286
Phonetic
component 		壺
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		胡
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷlaː/

Definitions

壺

  1. pot; jar; kettle (vessel used to boil liquid); jug; vase; can; thermos; bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle)
  2. (historical) a kind of ancient vessel
  3. Classifier for bottled liquid.
    一壺水／一壶水 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 wu4 seoi2   ―  a pot of water
  4. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

壷

Kyūjitai

壺

Kanji

壺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 壷)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
  • Kan-on: こ (ko)
  • Kun: つぼ (tsubo, 壺)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
壺
つぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
壷 (extended shinjitai)

Cognate with 坪 (tsubo). Likely shares its origin with 粒 (tsubu), in expressing the idea of something round and bulging outward.

Noun

壺(つぼ) • (tsubo) 

  1. container or depression:
    1. A pot or jar; a vessel or bottle.
      • 1999 March 1, “太(たい)古(こ)の壺(つぼ) [Ancient Pot]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
        とても壊(こわ)れやすい大(おお)昔(むかし)の壺(つぼ)。中(なか)に何(なに)かが潜(ひそ)んでいるらしい。
        Tote mo koware yasui ōmukashi no tsubo. Naka ni nani ka ga hisonde iru rashii.
        A very fragile antique pot that seems to contain something.
    2. A basin, as at the base of a waterfall.
    3. A pressure point in acupressure or acupuncture.
  2. The core or heart of an issue.
  3. (slang) Those who believe in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) and/or who are in close touch with this religion. (As this religion used to sell vessels to cast out evil spirits)
Usage notes

In acupuncture and acupressure contexts, this word is most often spelled either in hiragana as つぼ or in katakana as ツボ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壺
こ
Hyōgai
kan'on
Alternative spelling
壷 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

壺(こ) • (ko) 

  1. hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

壺 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

壺: Hán Nôm readings: hồ

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