罂
yīng

long necked jar or bottle

Components

贝
贝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell
贝
贝 Unknown component
bèi sea shell
缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

罌 long necked jar or bottle Traditional

Components

賏
賏 Sound component
yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together
缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛng[ʔ]ˤreŋjar, vase
Zhengzhangqreːŋ

說文解字

缶也。从缶賏聲。

Sources

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