Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 6 Radical: 缶 Structure: 独体字
Pinyin: fǒu Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ Yueping: Guangdong: fau2
Minnan: hiú、hó· Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:击缶土缶庄缶抚缶拊缶木罂缶西缶质缶酒缶陶缶鼓缶
Idioms:二缶钟惑二缶锺惑瓦缶雷鸣黄钟毁弃,瓦缶雷鸣黄钟瓦缶黄锺瓦缶
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: earthen crock or jar; Kangxi radical 121
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: fǒu
Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
(象形。甲骨文字形,上面是“午”字,即“杵”。下面是“缶”的本体。“杵”是棒子,可用来制坯。“缶”又是秦乐器,“杵”可以敲击成曲。本义:瓦器, 圆腹小口,用以盛酒浆等)
盛酒浆的瓦器。大腹小口,有盖。也有铜制的 缶,瓦器所以盛酒浆,秦人鼓之以节歌。象形。——《说文》<br>盎谓之缶。——《尔雅》<br>贰用缶。——《易·坎》<br>以二缶钟惑。——《庄子·天地》。按,钟聚也。<br>有孚盈缶。——《易·比》。郑注:“汲器。”<br>坎其击缶。——《诗·陈风·宛丘》<br>击瓮叩缶。——《史记·李斯传》<br>五献之尊,门外缶,门内壶。——《礼记·礼器》
汲水的瓦器 具绠缶,备水器。——《左传·襄公九年》
一种古容量单位,等于十六斗。一说三十二斗 薮二有半谓之缶,缶二谓之钟。——《小尔雅》
又如:缶米(一缶的米。即十六斗米)