盅
zhōng

small cup or bowl

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound.

Components

皿
皿 Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish
中
中 Sound component
zhōng, zhòng central

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuŋ
duŋ
tjoŋ

說文解字

器虛也。从皿中聲。《老子》曰：“道盅而用之。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)