匋
táo

pottery

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Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 勹 represents the sound.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
勹
勹 SoundMeaning component

勹 is a component form of 包.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdaw[l]ˤu kiln; pottery

說文解字

《說文》：“匋，瓦器也。从缶，包省聲。古者昆吾作匋。”

Sources

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