Simplified
Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound. Originally written as 公.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'uwngH | qˤoŋ-s | earthen jar |
說文解字
《說文》：“瓮，罌也。从瓦，公聲。”
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)
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kwan | kʷˤa[n] | inner coffin |
| Zhengzhang | koːn | ||
| koːns | |||
| Unicode | guɑn |
說文解字
關也。所以掩尸。从木官聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ʔuwngH | qˤoŋ-s | earthen jar |
| Zhengzhang | qoːŋs | ||
| Unicode | qùng |
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica