瓷碗
cí​wǎn

porcelain bowl

瓷 cí crockery

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

Components

瓦
瓦 Meaning component
wǎ earthenware
次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzli

說文解字

瓦器。从瓦次聲。

Sources

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

碗 wǎn bowl

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
宛
宛 Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːnʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang