䍃
yáo

vase, pitcher

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Sound component
ròu meat, flesh
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to ⺼ than it was in ancient scripts.
缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyewlaw eartheware

說文解字

《說文》:“,瓦器也。从缶,肉聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica