yīng

long necked jar or bottle

Components

Sound component
yīng, yìng pearls or shells strung together
Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛng[ʔ]ˤreŋjar, vase
Zhengzhangqreːŋ

說文解字

缶也。从缶賏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yīng long necked jar or bottle Simplified

Components

Unknown component
bèi sea shell
Unknown component
bèi sea shell
Meaning component
fǒu pottery

pottery

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode