罐
guàn HSK7

jar

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑵.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːns

說文解字

《說文新附》：“罐，器也。从缶，雚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)