rice vessel

  • edit character approved — "foreign loan words" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. The meaning later shifted to "rice vessel". Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. In modern Mandarin this character is usually only used for its sound in foreign loan words.

    Changed: hint

    edit character by Peter Olson

  • edit character approved — "verify" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. In modern Mandarin this character is usually only used for its sound in foreign loan words. Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. The meaning later shifted to "rice vessel".

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Peter Olson