甕

Information about character(s)

Radical: 瓦
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 瓮罋

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wèng
Cantonese: ong3 ung3
JapaneseKun: KAME MIKA
JapaneseOn: OU
Korean: ONG
Vietnamese: ống

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: earthen jar; jar for ashes

CE-Dict: pottery container for water, wine etc

Soothill: kumbha (कुम्भ), a pitcher, jar, pot.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an earthen jar; an urn; a jug; a pot

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: earthen jar; urn
【建】 crock

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【瓦字部】甕
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤烏貢切，同瓮。【玉篇】甖也。【韻會】沒甁也。【易·井卦】井谷射鮒，甕敝漏。【禮·檀弓】醯醢百甕。【李斯上秦始皇書】夫擊甕扣缶，彈箏搏髀，而歌呼嗚嗚，快耳目者，眞秦之聲也。　又【禮·儒行】蓬戸甕牖。【疏】甕牖者，謂牖牕圓如甕口也。又云：以敗甕口爲牖。【莊子·讓王篇】桑以爲樞，而甕牖二室。【註】屈桑條爲戸樞，破甕爲牖，各一室也。　又【莊子·人閒世】甕㼜大癭說齊桓公。【註】甕㼜，大癭貌。　又【集韻】亦作罋。又作𦉥。【前漢·張騫傳】大宛國獻大鳥卵，如甕。【註】一作𦉥。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤於容切，音雍。【前漢·西域傳】烏弋國有大鳥卵，如甕。【師古註】音平聲。　又【集韻】委勇切，音壅。又於用切，壅去聲。義𠀤同。

CF-Dict: jarre

Han-De-Dict: Urne (u.E.) (S)