Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound. Originally written as 曾.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsingH | S-təŋ-s | boiler for steaming rice |
說文解字
《說文》：“甑，甗也。从瓦，曾聲。，籀文甑，从。”
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)